NEW IBERIA, La, (KLFY) -- One person was injured Wednesday night after a shooting in New Iberia at the intersection of French and Robertson streets, according to police. Zachary LeBlanc was arrested and booked into the Iberia Parish Jail on charges of attempted second-degree murder and aggravated criminal damage to property. The victim was taken [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Several taxes were on ballots across Acadiana this week. Some failed, others passed. One of largest was in Lafayette parish where the majority of voters renewed a property tax for another ten years. The ballot said the property tax will go towards the Lafayette Parish School System, but isn't just for [...]
The much anticipated opening of a new roundabout in Lafayette is expected to ease traffic congestion. The project took three years to complete, and cost $14 million. The new multi-lane roundabout at the intersection of East Broussard Road and Kaliste Saloom Road is now the largest in Lafayette. "It's been notorious for many years for [...]
George Faust, Madeline Adams and Gerald Gruenig are bringing you all the Week 6 action of Acadiana's high school football teams. FIRST HALF SECOND HALF OVERTIME
ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- On Nov. 5, Abbeville police responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Edwards Street. According to Abbeville Police, 52-year-old Roland Bernard, Jr., was shot at least twice. Shortly after he was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Police have not yet released details on what led [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- An ambush on Oct. 5 that killed two and injured a third has led to the arrest of a Palmetto man on murder charges, according to St. Landry Parish Sheriff Bobby Guidroz. Sanplice Christopher Simien, 43, of Palmetto, is being charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office, the Opelousas Police Department and the U.S. Marshal's Violent Offenders Task Force cooperated in apprehending a "violent fugitive" from Bastrop at a house in the 600 block of Herman St. in Opelousas yesterday. Eric Wilson, 32, of Bastrop, faces a number of charges, including illegal [...]