LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Former Lafayette Parks and Recreation Director Gerald Boudreaux released a statement earlier today indicating he is not ready to comment on his recent resignation and retirement. Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory announced he had accepted Boudreaux’s resignation on June 2. The reason for Boudreaux’s departure has not been made public. Boudreaux’s statement […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Next week, the La. National Guard and the Department of Health will be bringing free mobile COVID-19 testing to Evangeline, St. Martin and Vermilion parishes, similar to the testing also coming to Iberia Parish which we reported earlier this week. Tests are available for any Louisiana resident age 16 or older […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — New Iberia Police area asking the public’s assistance in identifying and finding a suspect in a business burglary at a Tobacco Plus on E. Admiral Doyle Drive. According to New Iberia Police Capt. John Babin, the suspect smashed the glass on the front door and then took several cartons of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Take the stairs, not the elevator, down from your hotel room. Encourage people to bring their own food and drinks to your cookout. Use hand sanitizer after banking at an ATM. Call ahead to restaurants and nail salons to make sure staff are wearing face coverings. And no high-fives — or […]
Around 7:44 pm Thursday night, the Monroe Police Department received a call about a shooting at the Parkview Apartments in Monroe.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- The Lafayette Police Department as announced the following roads will be closed for a 5 p.m. peaceful on Sunday: Girard Park Drive, Girard Woods Drive, and Girard Woods Road along with the residents closer to E. St. Mary on Girard Park Drive. Learn more about the March for Police Accountability and Black […]
BATON ROUGE, La (BR PROUD and KLFY)– The family of former LSU President Troy Middleton is not happy with the university’s decision to change the name. The family issued the following statement just moments ago: “General Troy Middleton was an American war hero and Louisiana icon. We expressly and unequivocally denounce the University’s dishonorable plan […]
Acadiana is off to another unseasonably cool start this Friday morning as temperatures are back in the low to mid 60s. Identical to yesterday, highs this afternoon will near 87° under mostly sunny skies. Conditions will be breezy as the humidity remains low and comfortable for this time of year. No major changes are coming […]
OPELOUSAS, La. – (KLFY) A local rally of people and police called for an end to racial violence in light of George Floyd’s death at the hands of an officer. People poured out into the street to support the movements that are going on across America to end police brutality and bring equality to all. […]
A man is accused of making threats of violence against white people, after being denied entry to a casino in St. Landry Parish. Larry Gary, 34, of Breaux Bridge, was arrested by Opelousas Police on Wednesday. News 10’s Mark Rigsby spoke to the detective on the case.
(CBS) — By now, most Americans have received the federal stimulus checks directed by the CARES Act in March to help consumers weather the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Three months later, the downturn has been declared an official recession and the official unemployment rate has soared into double digits, heightening calls for a second round […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY)- A Facebook post on Wednesday about the Crowley Animal Shelter created a firestorm on social media. Friends of Pound Pets in Acadia, Louisiana, posted: ” Yesterday, we received a call to let us know that dogs will now be euthanized when their 10-day hold is up. What?! Why?! The answer, because they’re spending […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- An appellate court upheld suspended City Marshal Brian Pope’s convictions, ruling he committed malfeasance in office. Pope was found guilty in October 2018 by a Lafayette Parish jury of using city marshal funds to hire attorneys for personal use. The jury also found him guilty of perjury. Fifteenth Judicial District Court Judge David Smith acquitted […]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY)- There are nearly 2,000 wild crawfish fishermen in Louisiana, but none will receive stimulus funds from the CARES Act. “We are hard-working, red-blooded Americans that go out on the waters, the navigable waters of the U.S., and catch those crawfish for the people, and we don’t get any stimulus from […]