LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) The Acadiana Mall closed early Saturday, mall security confirmed with KLFY. Shoppers and employees were reportedly asked to leave the mall just after 2 p.m. Lafayette Police said they responded to an initial response of panic by mall employees and customers after mall security closed the mall ahead of schedule. “With the […]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) – Sheriff K.P. Gibson says certain communities will remain under curfew. Morse, Estherwood and the unincorporated areas of Acadia parish west of Highway 13 will be under a curfew tonight due to power outages from 10pm to 5 am. All other areas, the curfew has been lifted.
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A team of six Bossier Sheriff’s Office deputies headed out Saturday morning from Benton on the way to south Louisiana to help communities damaged by Hurricane Laura. The team loaded up equipment, gassed up vehicles and hit the road from the BSO Fleet Services substation to help provide law enforcement […]
PECAN ISLAND, La (KLFY) — The receding storm surge of Hurricane Laura is allowing more people to return to their homes. Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish became accessible by the highway Friday, but many parts of the community are still underwater, including Front Ridge Road. That’s where we found Joel Veazey, the only person on […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) — We’re here in Lake Charles, just giving you a firsthand look at the destruction and some of the damage left behind by Hurricane Laura. Bringing those 130 mile an hour winds, this nearly 60 foot pine trees blown over and this isn’t even the only tree blown over in this […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Due to Hurricane Laura, the U.S. Postal Service has suspended activities in some towns, while in others, conditions have improved enough to reinstate service. The following post offices reopened earlier today: Erath Post Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.-4 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Lafitte Post Office: Mon-Fri 8 a.m.-12 […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A hazardous materials leak on Ridona St. in Lafayette was contained by firefighters after they responded to a call at around 4:30 p.m. this afternoon. According to Lafayette Fire Department Public Information Officer Alton Trahan, the leaking substance was determined to be Xylene, which is a flammable product. The chemical was […]
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) — There’s still a few feet of water in some areas of Lydia, but residents say their small town on the southern coast was mostly spared from this storm. “We had 16 inches of water inside. It rose from about 10 a.m. yesterday morning to about 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon. It […]
ST. LANDRY PARISH, La. (KLFY)- For 15 years, Karl Barry has called this place his home. Early Thursday morning, Hurricane Laura came barreling through the region, leaving Karl to pick up the pieces of his house in Sunset. “I’m so angry. I don’t know what I’m going to do,” he told News 10. As rain […]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY)- Each area in Acadiana has its own complication to worry about following Hurricane Laura. Some experienced damage from heavy winds while others in lower areas racked up on sandbags. However, most are bearing the burden of power outages.Hurricane Laura’s heavy winds and rainfall left a lasting impact on Abbeville residents. Eddie […]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) — St. Martin Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a runaway teen. Jamiya Kellegon, 12, of St. Martinville, was last seen on Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 6 p.m., at her residence in the 1600 block of Smede Hwy. Jamiya is 5’3”, 157 pounds, with brown […]