RAYNE, La. (KLFY) -- A Las Vegas man was booked into jail after the State Fire Marshal's Office (SFM) said he intentionally set fire to his Rayne hotel room with 44 other people in the building. Reginald Bonner, 23, was booked into the Acadia Parish Jail on one count of aggravated arson. Just before 2 [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Office of Public Health and the Louisiana National Guard will hold eight COVID-19 testing and flu vaccine clinics in Acadiana for the week beginning Nov. 1. For COVID TESTING: Pre-register at www.DoINeedaCOVID19Test.com You must provide a phone number and email address. Onsite registration is available. Results will be available [...]
Winter-like temperatures continue this Friday and stay around throughout the Halloween Weekend. Friday's weather will be sunny, cool, and breezy as temperatures climb into the mid to upper 60s. Low temps tonight will fall back into the 50s to 40s. Slightly milder temperatures return this weekend as highs during the afternoon will reach the lower [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- With Louisiana Governor John Bel Edward's coronavirus emergency order challenged by the state House of Representatives and awaiting a court date, are you still required to follow them? While the State House of Representatives and Governor wait for a judge ruling over whether emergency coronavirus orders will end, State Senator Gerald [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (Daily Advertiser) - The LSU athletic department laid off employees and announced salary and bonus cuts for coaches, including head football coach Ed Orgeron, on Thursday because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Orgeron, who is the second highest paid college coach in the country at $8.9 million a year, has voluntarily agreed to have his [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A murder in San Diego left detectives clueless for decades, but now a Lafayette woman is coming face-to-face with her mother's murderer after 51 years. "In April of this year I got a call from a detective with the San Diego Cold Case Homicide Division, and he said, 'Donna, we found [...]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) - Many drivers in Breaux Bridge say they avoid the intersection of Rees Street and Refinery Street because there is no traffic light there. Since the Bayou Teche bridge is under construction until the middle of next year, more commuters are now forced to take this route. Now, the city [...]
ATLANTA (AP) — Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurricane season. From the bayous of the Gulf Coast to Atlanta and beyond, [...]