LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Teachers in the Lafayette Parish School System (LPSS) could get a raise before the end of the year. The decision is now in the hands of the school board. The Blue Ribbon committee made the recommendation Monday night, but it wasn't the only option they weighed. The committee took the middle [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Opelousas Police Chief Martin McLendon says gun violence and shootings in the city need to come to a stop. Not only do they need to stop, he says, they will stop with plans from the department to take guns off the streets. “We live in a culture where guns are always at [...]
WASHINGTON — House Democrats unveiled a scaled-back $2.2 trillion aid measure Monday in an attempt to boost long-stalled talks on COVID-19 relief, though there was no sign of progress in continuing negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The latest Democratic measure would revive a $600-per-week pandemic jobless benefit and send [...]
LAFAYETTE, la. (KLFY) Traffic along Ambassador Caffery Parkway in Lafayette may be moving a bit slower these days, but the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development has worked to make it as driver-friendly as possible. Crews are working on a project but in phases, rather than all at once. Plus, workers will be chipping away [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Louisiana legislators began a 30-day special session Monday with more than 70 agenda items — including how to replenish local government and unemployment trust funds. Lawmakers will also consider tempering Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' power to declare medical emergencies -- and limit his ability to restrict business activity amid [...]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) On September 17, a young woman was traveling down Terrace Highway near the Lafayette/St. Martin Parish line. She says a white Toyota Camry with tinted windows and no license plate started following her just before midnight and tried to run her off the road. The driver followed her for nearly [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) One month later and Lake Charles is still recovering from Hurricane Laura. It's clear progress has been made as people are saying the community is coming together as, Lake Charles Strong. The cityscape is much different now from what it looked like last month. Windows in buildings are all finally almost [...]
Users of several different Microsoft services reported problems Monday afternoon
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) The mother of a toddler found deceased inside a car Sunday afternoon in Lafayette parish has been arrested. According to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office, 27-year-old Natalie Broussard was arrested Monday and is being held with no bond in the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center. Just after 1:50 p.m. Sunday, detectives were [...]