BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – There will be more paper tickets at LSU football games in 2020. The coronavirus is changing the way the university distributes tickets for the football season. According to lsusports.net, “LSU Athletics announced today all 2020 LSU football tickets will be distributed through mobile delivery and accessed by ticketholders through digital […]
RAYNE, La. (KLFY)- Drivers be advised that an earlier crash involving an 18-wheeler has slowed traffic on Interstate 10 in Acadia Parish. Rayne Police Department is currently investigating in the eastbound lane at mile marker 90 between Rayne and Duson. The inside lane is currently closed as crews work to off load the trailer, authorities […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A scam warning there are mask exemption cards circulating online claiming to be a part of the Department of Justice. The United States Department of Justice is issuing a warning regarding those who may see a card or flyer stating that the owner is exempt from wearing face masks. The information was […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (LCG)- After significant participation at the Northgate Mall COVID-19 testing site on Wednesday, testing will continue through mid-August. On Wednesday, July 29, 147 people in the community were tested, according to Lafayette Consolidated Government. LCG is partnering with Lafayette General Health to administer tests to anyone, even those who are not exhibiting coronavirus […]
News 10 will air the July 30 press briefing live:
The fund balance is dropping by about $50 million per week. NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV) — The fund that pays Louisiana jobless workers is running out of money. Gov. John Bel Edwards warns the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund could be insolvent by September. More than 300,000 people are now drawing unemployment benefits in the state. If […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Free mobile COVID-19 testing will remain in place through Sunday, Aug. 2 at Cajun Field, except on Friday, July 31. A food distribution effort will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday at Cajun Field. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will collaborate with Second Harvest Food Bank and […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) — Louisiana State Police are investigating an officer-involved shooting in Lake Charles. Authorities say Lake Charles Police officers responded to an alleged carjacking at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday night, near the intersection of Shattuck Street and O’Brien Street in Lake Charles. Officers located the vehicle and a pursuit ensued. The pursuit […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Parents who want to enroll their children in Lafayette Online Academy (LOA) will need to make a formal commitment to the program before Aug. 3. Lafayette Public School System (LPSS) Public Information Officer Allison Dickerson said there was initially a lot of interest in the LOA and may have even applied […]
Right now parents are feeling pressured to make a choice. Should their child return to the classroom or choose online learning? “It’s just a really hard decision to make right now. We’re not really getting much help with deciding and feeling comforted and being OK with sending them.” Anxious and depressed is what one mother […]
There’s a new push to get people to wear masks to protect against the coronavirus. Some Acadiana doctors are taking to social media to spread the word. It’s a group effort by the Louisiana Department of Health, and doctors in Lafayette and Acadia parishes. The slogan: “Wash up. Mask up. Stand up to COVID-19.” Ads […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — Bourbon Hall is a locally-owned bar in New Iberia. It opened in December, but the owners say they’re worried Gov. John Bel Edwards’ mandates will force them out of business before they even last a year. “I keep saying the first time we shut our bar down, let our girls […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) — Federal officials are warning people not to open packages they receive in the mail containing packets of seeds. The packages are marked as jewelry and are being sent to people who haven’t ordered anything. In Crowley, the Department of Agriculture has received a about a dozen packets from the community. They […]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor said he tested positive for COVID-19. He said symptoms began earlier this week with some body aches, infrequent chills and a slight migraine, but he didn’t have a cough. “But then was the 99.5 temperature that concerned me,” Alsandor told News 10. “It was time for me to […]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) — One man is dead after a shooting in the 900 block of Lynn Circle this afternoon, according to New Iberia Police. Sgt. Daesha Hughes said the victim is only being identified as a black male at this time. No suspects have been named as of yet. The investigation is ongoing. […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A 34-year-old Rayne man was indicted Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in a woman’s shooting death in 2019. Billie Jo Touchet, 29, died on Nov. 17, 2019, from injuries she sustained from a gunshot wound. Authorities initially investigated the incident as an attempted suicide, later to arrest Jacolby Senegal, in […]