NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV) — Taysom Hill will reportedly start at quarterback for the New Orleans Saints on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, sources tell ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter. Schefter, who broke the news on Twitter on Friday morning, said that Hill took all of the starter reps at practice this week and Jameis Winston will [...]
Out of an abundance of caution, patients who received care at the above hospitals are encouraged to monitor their credit reports for potential identity theft. The website www.identitytheft.gov provides a step-by-step process to respond to, and recover from, incidents of identity theft. NEW ORLEANS, La. (WWL-TV)- Email messages and attachments containing information on thousands of patients [...]
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY)- St. Martin Parish President Chester Cedars has announced his concerns about the potential closure of bars and lounges if the parish cannot lower its above 10 percent positive rate of COVID-19. Shortly before noon on Friday, Cedars released the following statement to the public: We have been advised by the [...]
Baton Rouge, La. — The Louisiana Department of Health on Friday will report a newly identified backlog of COVID-19 tests, in addition to its standard reporting. Due to a processing error in the electronic lab reporting system, LDH will report a backlog of 2,538 COVID cases on 69,125 tests reported to the state.While this will result [...]
BALDWIN, La. (KLFY) -- The Chief of the Baldwin Police Department has been called absent and negligent in the aftermath of 15-year-old Quawan "Bobby" Charles being reported missing and found dead a full weekend later. There have been so many questions since the public learned of Quawan Charles' suspicious death and that he was reported [...]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- A two-vehicle crash in St. Mary Parish took the life of a motorcyclist earlier today, according to Louisiana State Police Troop I. Felix Perro, Jr., 56, of Franklin, was traveling east on La. 322 on his 2007 Kawasaki ZX-14 motorcycle. He attempted to lay down his motorcycle when an [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- For the 28th year running, Bailey's Seafood & Grill announced they will be holding their annual Thanksgiving Day luncheon on Nov. 26. "Every Thanksgiving since 1993, Bailey’s Seafood & Grill has provided a special Thanksgiving meal to our less fortunate brothers and sisters, whether they be destitute, infirm or otherwise in [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Lafayette Police are seeking a suspect in a shooting that happened this evening on Rue Royale St. Officers responded to a disturbance at around 6 p.m., finding one victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the lower torso. The victim was treated at the scene for the minor injury and was [...]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- Pandemic fatigue is plaguing everyone, but Dr. Robert Aertker explains it's not over yet. "All of a sudden in the last two weeks between four physicians at Crowley Primary Care, we're testing probably between five and 10 people who are positive a day." Dr. Aetker says the increase follows a lag [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Doctors say Acadiana is in the middle of a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center says they're taking in five to 10 new COVID patients every day, and they're now almost at full capacity. That's a problem because doctors know they're going to get [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- With COVID-19 infections spiking across Lafayette Parish and Acadiana, Our Lady of Lourdes hospital announced they are tightening visitor policies starting Friday, Nov. 20 at 5 a.m. According to a press release from the hospital, each inpatient may have one visitor for the duration of the stay at a Lourdes facility. [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The chief medical officers of both of Lafayette's major hospitals teamed up with the Louisiana Department of Health to give local residents a "State of COVID-19 in Acadiana." The video features interviews with the chief medical officers of both Our Lady of Lourdes and Ochsner Lafayette General -- Drs. Henry Kaufman [...]