LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Lafayette Public School System (LPSS) will go virtual-only for Dec. 21-22, but not because of COVID-19 increases in the schools, according to a press release. Instead, the two-day switch to virtual learning is, in essence, a test of the system in case the district needs to go virtual full-time. A [...]
"The Supreme Court of the United States did not stop it. Lessons of history. They were 120 thousand. We are 75 million. We will not take a knee to oppression." NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV) — Weeks after the election that secured his seat in congress for another term, a Louisiana congressman claimed the same election was [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY)— The Coast Guard rescued four people Monday aboard a vessel on fire near Fort Morgan, Alabama. The four people were safely recovered and transported to shore in stable condition. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report around 6:45 p.m. from the commercial vessel Alexandria Pearl that it was on fire and [...]
ESTHERWOOD, La. (KLFY) Funeral services for the late former mayor of Estherwood, Donald Gene Popp Sr., are set to take place Tuesday, De in Crowley. A visitation will be offered beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday at the Geesey-Fergerson Funeral Home. Services will follow at 1 p.m. According to his obituary, Popp died December 9, 2020 [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- President Donald Trump lost his Nov. 3 bid for reelection, but he did win Louisiana's eight Electoral College votes Monday. Electors announced their votes one-by-one inside the Louisiana State Capitol, aligning themselves with the 58% of participating state voters who backed Trump last month. The electors, all Republicans, followed their [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Being injected with a vaccine that's brand new has some people on pins and needles. A willingness to be vaccinated is the question eventually everyone will have to think about. Mary Ozene says Black Americans are among the population who health experts recommend receive the shot near the beginning of its roll [...]
Americans will receive the vaccines in phases: the first vaccines will be administered to healthcare personnel and long-term care facility residents.
Attorney General William Barr will be stepping down before Christmas, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet Monday. Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen will take over as Acting Attorney General. In a letter to Trump, Barr said Dec. 23 will be his last day. "I am proud to have played a role in the many successes [...]
The Electoral College formally chose Joe Biden on Monday as the nation’s next president, giving him a solid electoral majority of 306 votes and confirming his victory in last month’s election. The state-by-state voting took on added importance this year because of President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede he had lost.
OSSUN, La. (KLFY) The Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating a weekend shooting in Ossun that sent one person to the hospital in critical condition. According to Sheriff's Office Spokesperson Captain John Mowell, detectives responded to a shooting in progress Sunday morning in the 100 block of Greek Street. On arrival, Mowell said, detectives located [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY)- Attorney General Jeff Landry's director of the Criminal Division for the Louisiana Department of Justice has been placed on administrative leave. Pat Magee is under investigation for potential violation of office policy, a spokesperson for the attorney general's office said. "Our office treats employee complaints seriously in a manner that protects [...]