LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Lafayette Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying and catching a suspect wanted for identity theft. According to a Facebook post from the department, the suspect attempted to use a stolen credit card at the Ambassador Caffery Walmart in Lafayette. The card was stolen during a vehicle [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- The police chief of Opelousas announced in a Facebook post this morning that he has contracted COVID-19 and is self-quarantining. Martin McLendon said he is taking all the steps necessary to protect those that he works with and that are closest to him. "Having said that, I want to take a [...]
FORT WORTH, Tx. (Daily Advertiser) -- What hurts Deidre Riles so much is the way her son died. Al Riles, 27, was shot and killed Saturday night in Fort Worth, Texas, according to his mother, Deidre Riles. A Ragin’ Cajuns football player from 2012-16, he was UL’s leading receiver as a fifth-year senior. “I found out [...]
Eta developed thunderstorm action near its center of circulation last night, which allowed some intensification of the storm overnight. The National Hurricane Center reports Eta is now a category one hurricane with winds of 75 mph and a pressure of 983 mb. November hurricanes are not unprecedented, but are rare in the Gulf of Mexico. [...]
(KLFY) University of Louisiana at Lafayette officials have requested student organizations to hold virtual meetings and activities through Sunday, Nov. 16. in response to an uptick of positive COVID-19 cases among students. In a related development, UL Lafayette’s School of Music and Performing Arts has suspended all on-campus music-making activities. Dr. Jonathan Kulp, the School [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - With the presidential election now in the review mirror, and several unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud around the country, people want to make sure their ballots were actually protected, and counted. We're getting answers in tonight's Dial Dalfred report. If you were to walk into the Lafayette Parish Registrar of Voters [...]
(KLFY)- Dr. Tina Stefanski with the Office of Public Health tells News Ten, Acadiana is seeing an uptick in COVID case counts, hospitalizations, and deaths but we can work to keep the rise from continuing. “We don't have to relive what happened this summer,” Dr. Stefanski explains. She says as we continue to navigate a [...]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) Baldwin Police say they will begin a missing persons investigation into the death of a 15-year-old found November 3 in a sugar cane field off Ed Broussard Road near the village of Loreauville. In a social media post, Police said they will not investigate Quawan Charles' death, but instead focus [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Investigators with the Baton Rouge Police Department say they are investigating an incident involving a Southern University student-athlete. Officers say the woman was punched in the chest and verbally assaulted while walking around the lakes near LSU in the 2800 block of Dalrymple Drive around 6:55 p.m. Monday, Nov. 9. [...]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY) A 28-year-old man has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Vermilion Parish. According to the sheriff's office, Roland Bernard III was charged Monday. Sheriff's Office spokesperson Drew David said Bernard was incarcerated on several other charges at the time of his newest arrest. No bond has been set on [...]
South Louisiana Community College has named four finalist in its search for a chancellor. The position has been held by Interim Chancellor Vincent June since late May when Natalie Harder, who led the school since 2012, left for a new job as president of Coker University in South Carolina. June, who was vice chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, has [...]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) The pontoon bridge in Butte LaRose will re-open to traffic weeks ahead of schedule. According to the St. Martin Parish government, The DOTD has inspected the bridge in Butte La Rose and will allow the structure to be re-opened Tuesday. Government officials say public works employees have been dispatched to [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU’s game against Alabama has been postponed due to the Tigers COVID-19 outbreak. This will be the second time the Tigers’ schedule changes because of the coronavirus. LSU’s game against Florida was schedule for October 17th but postponed to December 12th due to positive test cases on the Gators’ roster. Below is [...]
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) Scott Police are investigating a shooting near the intersection of Dulles Drive and Westgate Road. According to multiple people at the scene, police responded to the area just after 2 p.m. Initital reports indicate that the shooting may have originated as a result of a domestic dispute. KLFY has a crew [...]