BATON ROUGE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Gov. John Bel Edwards offered an update on vaccination progress and plans in Louisiana Thursday afternoon while warning of a surge upon a surge as cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from the coronavirus continue to rise from Thanksgiving heading into Christmas week. Edwards held the weekly briefing as hospitalizations statewide reach [...]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY)- An ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to commit murder in Vermilion Parish has led to the arrest of a 17-year-old suspect who is now awaiting extradition in Mississippi. According to the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office, the teen was arrested on Dec. 15. This second arrest was made in the ongoing [...]
SCOTT, La. (KLFY) - Scott Police Department is asking for assistance in locating a missing juvenile. Fallon Benoit was last seen at approximately 9 p.m. at her residence on W. Willow in Scott.She is 12 years old with long auburn hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing a black hoodieand blue jeans. It is unknown [...]
AVERY ISLAND, La. (KLFY) -- Both men trapped underground after a salt mine's roof collapsed Monday morning are now tragically pronounced dead. The Iberia Parish Coroner identified the two Wednesday as Lance Begnaud Jr. of Broussard and Rene Romero Jr. of New Iberia. Begnaud was 27 and Romero was 41. Both men leave behind families [...]
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY) -- Breaux Bridge Police Department detectives are looking for the public's help in identifying vehicle burglars in town. According to Sheriff Becket Breaux, several vehicles in the North Bridge Subdivision of Breaux Bridge were broken into at around 4 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. One of the items stolen was a 9mm [...]
CARENCRO, La. (KLFY) -- The Carencro Mardi Gras Association (CMGA) is the latest local organization to cancel its 2021 Mardi Gras parade for COVID-19. "The Carencro Mardi Gras Association has decided to cancel the 2021 Mardi Gras Parade due to circumstances out of its control," stated CMGA spokesman David Bernard. "A parade of this magnitude [...]
Healthcare workers and those at high risk are among the first to receive the Coronavirus vaccine. However, Lafayette teacher Julia Reed says those who work in education should be next in line. "We shouldn't jump ahead of healthcare workers and people who are at high risk but once pass that, if we're considered essential then [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY)- Where a truck backed into Bellevue Animal Clinic, leaving a gaping hole, a mural is now painted as a sign of hope and recovery. Muralist Jake Fuselier said his work is not meant to be there forever. “It’s meant to be temporary. Things will go back to normal and it will fade [...]
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser has tested positive for COVID-19 according to a staffer.
(KLFY)- As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Vitalant is urging those already recovered to come out and help others in their recovery process. Convalescent plasma is a blood component containing antibodies against the novel coronavirus that could give patients an extra boost to fight their illness. The therapy utilizes the plasma from people who have [...]
IOWA, La. (KLFY) -- A 16-year-old student at Iowa High School ended up behind bars on a terrorizing charge after he made shooting threats against other students at the school. The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer at Iowa High School was notified of the incident at around 1 p.m. today. During lunch, the [...]