OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Opelousas Mayor Julius Alsandor said the city has decided to cancel its annual Children's Christmas and Lighting of the Village as a health-safety precaution. "The safety and health of our community is of the utmost importance to the city," the mayor said in a statement Thursday. "In consideration of COVID-19 and modified [...]
WEST MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) -- Deputies with the Office of State Fire Marshal (SFM) have arrested the mother and father of a Choudrant child who died in an August house fire. According to SFM, 32-year-old Jessica Lewis and 37-year-old Christopher Bell were booked into the Lincoln Parish Detention Center on one count each of Second [...]
Between the two incidents, Edwards is accused of stealing more than $185,000 in timber.
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) - Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will testify before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform concerning the accuracy and completeness of the 2020 Census Count. AG Jeff Landry recently led a multistate coalition's legal brief in support of President Trump's efforts to end vote dilution caused by sanctuary [...]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) Water is currently shut off for the entire city of St. Martinville due to a main waterline break. Crews are currently conducting emergency repairs at this time. City officials are not sure how long water will be shut off. They say when the waterline is repaired, residents will be under a [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Firefighters battled a commercial fire that broke out early Thursday morning at King Hotel, located at 1605 N. University Avenue. Crews were dispatched to the scene at 1:08 a.m. after a hotel employee noticed smoke coming from an abandoned section of the property and called 911. When firefighters arrived, they found [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- UPDATE: Police have identified the victim struck and killed on the Evangeline Thruway Wednesday night at 32-year-old Billy LeBlanc, of Lafayette. At about 11:30 p.m. Leblanc was riding a bicycle across the southbound lanes of the thruway when he was fatally struck. He was pronounced dead at the scene. This investigation is [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A festival that's called Lafayette home for over 20 years is figuring out if Lafayette can stay its home after spending more money that it took in for 2020. When the city council heard about a potential move, they called Festival International's executive director to a meeting to explain. Festival International [...]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY) Deputies with the State Fire Marshal's office say they are continuing with the investigation surrounding an overnight fatal house fire in Abbeville. According to the SFM, it happened just after midnight in the 600 block of Alphonse Street. After firefighters had extinguished the blaze, they located the body of a man [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards dined outdoors at a Baton Rouge country club in early November, while the state was under Phase 3 restrictions; but a photo of the governor is getting a lot of attention after people noticed the he was not wearing a mask. It shows Edwards standing by several [...]