EUNICE, La. (KLFY) -- City officials confirmed today that Eunice City Hall will be closed on Election Day, Nov. 3. "Due to the number of voting precincts located in the Eunice City Hall lobby and with social distancing requirements, Mayor Scott Fontenot has decided to close all City of Eunice offices located in the Eunice [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) -- A Lake Charles man faces charges after having inappropriate sexual contact with a child under the age of 13, according to Calcasieu Parish sheriff's deputies. Tobias O. Andrews, 26, of Lake Charles, was charged with oral sexual battery and sexual battery. He was allegedly babysitting at the time of the [...]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- A pair of twins were arrested and now face murder charges in the Oct. 18 shooting death of Brandon Kerlegan on Honore St. in St. Martinville. Damontae Gardner and Davontae Gardner -- both 20-year-old twins -- are both face charges of second-degree murder, aggravated assault and aggravated criminal damage to [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A Ville Platte man was sentenced to 127 months (10 years, 7 months) in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Alexander Van Hook. Closton John Melvin, 34, of Ville Platte, will also have 5 years of supervised release after [...]
FRANKLIN, La. (KLFY) -- Schools in St. Mary Parish are scheduled to be virtual distance learning only on Wednesday, Oct. 28 in anticipation of Hurricane Zeta. In a statement made on the school district's Facebook, officials said the schools will reopen on Thursday. Updates will be posted on the district's website and shared on school [...]
This week on Acadiana Eats LIVE, KLFY News 10's Gerald Gruenig makes a stop at Cafe Coachella on Moss Street in Lafayette. Don't forget to watch Acadiana Eats each and every Tuesday morning on Passe Partout from 5 to 7 am.
ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- In Abbeville, crime numbers continue to increase. Police Chief Bill Spearman says this year, police confiscated over 100 guns off of the street and made multiple arrests. He says many changes have been made to decrease the amount of violence in the city, such as installing security cameras, having officers patrol [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Rotary Club of Lafayette is urging Lafayette Parish voters to bring supplies for an all-day food drive to your local voting precinct on Election Day, Nov. 3. Donation boxes will be stationed at all precincts for people to drop off items between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Non-perishable food items [...]
Zeta, which reached hurricane strength Monday evening, weakened to a tropical storm early Tuesday morning as it moved over the northern Yucatan Peninsula.
Zeta made its first landfall overnight at the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula as a Category 1 Hurricane. It has weakened into a strong Tropical Storm as it interacts with land but Zeta is expected to strengthen back into a Category 1 Hurricane as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico today. The forecast from [...]