ARNAUDVILLE, La. (KLFY) — St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two men on numerous drugs charges after finding unoccupied vehicles obstructing Robin Street in Arnaudville. Greggory Roberts, 42, was the owner of one of the vehicles. After gaining consent to search the vehicle, St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Major Ginny Higgins said deputies found located […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (LCG)- The 3L Project is Lafayette Parks and Recreation’s newest program for children 8 and older. The program is free and will focus on teaching essential life skills to benefit them later in life, such as teamwork. “One part of the program will teach kids how to work together. They’ll learn the importance […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — Cleco officials announced that they will have another planned outage for Opelousas residents Sunday night to finish “system upgrades and make reliability improvements.” “We will be able to safely complete our electric service reliability work in Opelousas during this final planned outage, and because of how we scheduled the repairs and […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) — Walgreens media relations confirmed that a temporary closure of their Opelousas location last week was to disinfect the store due to an employee’s COVID-19 case. On Friday, News 10 confirmed that Walgreens was closed but was unable to reach store officials over the weekend to confirm the reason. Earlier today, Kris […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Union Tank Car Company has closed its facility in Ville Platte for cleaning after employees tested positive for COVID-19. “As an essential business that has been operating throughout the pandemic, our highest priority is the health and safety of our employees and the Ville Platte community,” Kristen Johnson, the company’s manager of […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (From Lafayette Consolidated Government)- With a significant rise in COVID-19 cases in Lafayette Parish, it’s especially important for business owners and managers to remain vigilant and compliant with Governor Edwards’ Phase Two order to protect employees and patrons. Mayor-President Josh Guillory, Lafayette Fire Department (LFD) Chief Robert Benoit and Lafayette Police Department (LPD) […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (Press release from LPSS)- The Lafayette Parish School System has been working behind the scenes to ensure our students have access to healthy meals during this pandemic. The hard truth is that even without the added stress of the pandemic, some families rely on meals provided by the school system as their main […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (LDH)- The Louisiana Department of Health reports 1,354 COVID-19 cases reported to the state since yesterday, bringing the total to 54,769 cases. The vast majority, 91%, of today’s increase in case growth is tied to community spread rather than congregate settings like nursing homes. In terms of timeline, the specimen collection date […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Festivals Acadiens et Creoles will go virtual this fall during its regular annual hours. From Oct. 9-11, the South Louisiana festival that celebrates regional Cajun and Creole culture in Girard Park each year will go live online due to health-safety precautions. Here is an official statement on behalf of the Festivals Acadiens […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- The Lafayette Police Department’s lobby has been closed to the public due to an employee testing positive for COVID-19. This is being done as a health-safety precaution. The lobby may be closed until Monday, Lafayette PD spokesman Sgt. Wayne Griffin said. We will provide new information as it becomes available.
WASHINGTON – Despite President Trump’s recent comments suggesting that a “very generous” second round of economic relief payments to Americans might be announced soon, lawmakers remain divided on the path forward. “I’m open to anything that helps Main Street, if we need to help them going forward,” Rep. Greg Pence, (R-Ind.), told Nexstar Media. “I […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A woman who shared former Acadian Ambulance paramedic Jamie Bergeron’s racist posts says she’s receiving death threats. “Now I’ve become the target of not only death threats, but they have pulled up things about my nursing license. They have pulled up things about my address,” Shauna Sias said. Sias was one of […]
The Louisiana Department of Education has released new guidelines for school districts on reopening schools in the fall. The state sent out a 20-page guide Thursday. It’s a road map for students, parents, faculty and staff, for when classes resume later this year. The new guidelines have three plans for best case to worst case […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — With the La. Department of Education releasing new guidelines on the reopening of the state’s schools, the Lafayette Public School System (LPSS) is still considering its options for the upcoming school year. The biggest question right now is what will school look like in August,” said LPSS Public Information Officer Allison […]
The NAACP is responding to former Acadian Ambulance paramedic Jamie Bergeron’s Facebook video addressing why he was fired from the company. “I recently shared some memes that apparently created a controversy within a local activist group,” former paramedic Jamie Bergeron said in the video he posted on Facebook. The controversy began on May 6 when […]