ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) An Acadia Parish Grand Jury on Tuesday returned a “true bill” on a suspect involved in an incident on July 3, 2020. According to Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard, in the early morning hours of July 3, two male subjects were walking back home from a local convenience store when they […]
LSU head coach Ed Orgeron answered several questions about practice starting during a pandemic, on Monday, thanks to his first meeting with the local media, and he had a message for the fans and LSU students returning to campus this week. “If you want to do something bad enough, you’re going to do it,” Orgeron […]
ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) – Two Crowley men are behind bars after authorities found them with counterfeit money and a stolen gun. Acadia Parish Sheriff KP Gibson says deputies pulled over a suspicious vehicle. During the search the located $1,400 in counterfeit money and a Smith and Wesson .380 handgun. “The hand gun, was discovered […]
JENNINGS, La. (KLFY) — The first public school students have returned to the classroom in Acadiana after five months without school. People in Jefferson Davis Parish School District said the fear of the unknown shrunk Monday. “He’s more nervous than I am,” Bonnie Breaux said of her fourth-grade son, Devon. He attends Jennings Elementary and […]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY) Many students opted out of the classroom and chose online learning for safety concerns. Now the question is, will there be enough chrome books for everyone? This years most important back -to-school- supply is a computer. The demand for chrome books are high however the supply is not. So far the […]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WWL)— The final body trapped in the Hard Rock Hotel rubble in downtown New Orleans has been recovered, city officials confirmed. Jose Ponce Areola’s body was removed from the debris overlooking Canal Street sometime Monday. It has been 10 months since the under-construction building collapsed, killing three people and injuring dozens more. […]
ANGOLA, La. (WAFB) – Potential criminal charges are pending after the Monday death of an inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary. The inmate was reportedly involved in a fight with his cellmate and later died at the prison, officials said. The incident happened around 3 p.m., when officers making their rounds reportedly discovered the fight. […]
The Democratic Party will convene, sort of, amid a pandemic that has upended the usual pomp-and-circumstance of presidential nominating conventions.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) The Registrar of Voters for Lafayette Parish Charlene Meaux-Menard says on average her office receives about 2,000 requests to vote by mail. For the November election, Menard says more than 8,000 requests have been submitted. She ventures to say that the more than 8,000 is an all time high for Lafayette Parish. […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- A U.S. District Court has not yet made a decision on Gov. John Bel Edwards’ health safety restrictions that are being challenged in a class-action lawsuit by plaintiffs, which include local bar owners. U.S. Western District Court Judge Robert Summerhays heard testimony Monday for and against the state’s order, which closed bars […]
The Ragin’ Cajuns football team has been practicing a couple of weeks now. The University welcomed in all students to campus on Monday. All during the off-season, it’s been a different feel practicing through a pandemic. However, the players know it’s important to be careful when going to class, taking every precaution so that a […]
MADISONVILLE, La. (KLFY)– Senator John Kennedy on Monday wrote a letter to Governor John Bel Edwards, asking that he rescind the capacity cap currently on places of worship and extend the same Phase 2 capacity rules guiding protesters and “essential businesses.” “According to your guidance, “essential businesses” do not have uniform capacity limits and instead are […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — There is a critical need for blood right now throughout Acadiana. Hospitals and donation centers are seeing a shortage in all blood type supplies. For a week, Vitalant will tour around Acadiana looking for blood donors to help restock blood donation shortages. “We started Tour De Life to make blood donations […]