Lafayette, La. – 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 need. Ema Haq, owner of Bailey’s, is proud to continue this honor with a traditional Thanksgiving meal that will be served at the [...]
Happy Thanksgiving Acadiana! Your Thanksgiving Day weather is starting off cool and comfortable this morning as temperatures dip into the upper 50s. Unfortunately, a warm front will lift through the area leading to a much warmer and humid afternoon with a round of scattered showers and storms. Rain chances will increase to 40%-50% today. There [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Having been with the Lafayette Police Department for 22 years, Sgt. Forrest Blanton has come to know the faces of the homeless in the community. At a glance earlier this week while on duty, Sgt. Blanton is seen approaching a man who appeared to have everything he owned in a small carrying [...]
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) As Louisiana transitions back to Phase 2, business owners have to re-adjust with bars seeing the toughest restrictions. "For bars in parishes above 5% positivity, they bars are closed to indoor sales and consumption but open for outdoor consumption at tables only and at 25% capacity, with a maximum of 50 [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) A woman who helped hundreds of crime victims in the 16th Judicial District Attorney's Office was laid to rest Wednesday. Renee Hoffpauir and her boyfriend were killed Sunday in a four-wheeler crash in New Iberia. "At the D.A.'s office, it's going to be very hard not to have her there. I [...]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) The son of a woman who died in a New Iberia mobile home fire Monday is sharing his last moments with his mother while their home was collapsing around them. Her son has identified the victims as 74-year-old Shirley Mae Jones. "She was a wonderful mom. She took care of everybody. [...]
DELHI, La. (KLFY) The State Fire Marshal's Office says it continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Delhi where a woman died saving her disabled patient. 64-year-old Gwendolyn Theus, a home nurse, died Tuesday after being overwhelmed by smoke Monday, SFM officials said. Trapped in a bedroom, Theus pulled her patient out [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- Just before 5 p.m. Friday, Lafayette Consolidated Government released a letter sent from Alcohol and Tobacco Control stating the parish's bars must be under revised restrictions due to a spike in COVID-19 infections. Between Nov. 12 and 18, Lafayette Parish's COVID-19 test positivity rate increased to 11. 8 percent from 10.2 percent [...]
BEAUREGARD PARISH, La. (KLFY) Three men have been arrested after a woman's body was found in a vehicle that had been set on fire in DeQuincy, La. 23-year-old Morgan Douglas of Andalusia, Alabama, was booked on one count 2nd degree murder, one count aggravated arson, two counts obstruction of justice and one count criminal conspiracy. [...]
LAFAYETTE, La.- Local nonprofit Love of People’s 7th Annual "Thanksgiving Meal Project" fundraiser will provide 1,000 meals for local families this Thanksgiving, and meals will be distributed at three pick-up centers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 26. Two of the pick-up locations are in Lafayette, and one will be in St. [...]