BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) – A petition calling for Governor John Bel Edwards removal from office is circulating as a criticism of his COVID-19 response. The petitioners claim Governor Edwards’ decisions regarding the virus have only plummeted the state further into an economical downfall. Paige Lowry, an organizer of the East Baton Rouge Parish petition […]
(KLFY)- It’s been more than two weeks since Hurricane Laura ripped through Southwest Louisiana leaving many residents displaced and without necessary supplies. Members of Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary Group traveled from across Louisiana, Texas, and the Gulf Coast to come together and help the people of Lake Charles following the devastation of […]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man is in custody in St. Martin Parish. 54-year-old Kenneth Rauch faces several drug charges including possession of what’s believed to be the deadly drug “grey death.” He was arrested after deputies searched his car during a traffic stop on Grand Point Road in Henderson Friday night. Rauch […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) Gov. John Bel Edwards will hold a press briefing Sunday at 2 p.m. to discuss the state’s response to Tropical Storm Sally, which is expected to become a hurricane early Monday morning. Edwards, along with state health and safety officials will provide updates on Tropical Storm Sally starting at 2 p.m. Watch it LIVE, […]
Baton Rouge, La. (KLFY) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Saturday declared a State of Emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Sally, which is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane that could impact Louisiana as early as Monday morning. “While we ultimately don’t know where Sally will make landfall, much of Southeast Louisiana is in the […]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) To use the word devastation is not enough to describe what Hurricane Laura did to Louisiana’s fifth largest city. Two weeks after the powerful storm packing winds of 150 to 180 miles per hour slammed into Lake Charles, the city is still without infrastructure, power, water, gas and food. One of […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – The Weather Service has issued hurricane and storm surge warningsfor parts of the northern Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Sally strengthens offthe west coast of Florida. Tropical Storm Sally strengthened again Sunday morning and now has maximumsustained wind speeds of 50 mph. The National Hurricane Center says the stormshould strengthen to […]