LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Medical staff across the world are hard at work administering the first wave of the COVID vaccines. In Lafayette, hospitals celebrated with the arrival Thursday with signs and confetti, but for one nurse it was also a time to reflect. Health care workers have been the front-line defense against coronavirus all [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Two Meridian, Mississippi men were arrested and jailed in Lafayette this week each on a $1.5 million dollar bond. 35-year-old Derrick Jerome Harris and 36-year-old Rodriques Seals were booked into the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center on one count each of distribution/ possession and possession with intent to distribute. According to published reports, [...]
VERMILION PARISH, La. (KLFY) Its been 28 years since officer John Hardy was taken away from his family and the Abbeville police department while on duty. His family says no matter how long its been they will continue to honor his life. On Friday, during a ceremony to remember those killed in the line of [...]
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) A man is dead following a shooting in New Iberia Friday evening, police said. According to Public Information Officer Sgt. Daesha Hughes, police responded to shots fired near the intersection of Verna and Emily Streets. At the scene, she said, officers located a male victim with a single gunshot wound who [...]
SUNSET, La. (KLFY) Sunset police and fire department officials battled a house fire late Friday in the 100 block of Montego Lane. There were no injuries reported and the cause is still under investigation. Developing story.
ST. MARTIN PARISH, La. (KLFY) Say hello to Margaret Lilly who celebrated her 90th birthday Monday. "I feel fine, thank you Jesus." Margaret Lilly was born in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and remembers her grandfather who ruled the roost. "When he told us something, we had to do it or run behind a cow or the [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) Pulmonary critical care physician Dr. Amer Raza was the first in line as Opelousas General began their rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. "It was honor to start the beginning of the end of this pandemic," Dr. Raza said. Ready to put an end to the pandemic and with a smile on his [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Seven children in Lafayette will have a great Christmas thanks to a neighbor who wanted to spread some holiday cheer. Devin Bayliss says he noticed his neighbors having a tough year, and wanted to do something to brighten up their holidays. Bayliss says he teamed up with Lafayette Parish Councilman A.B. Rubin, [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) – A corrections sergeant at Angola has been arrested accused of trying to smuggle items to inmates. The Louisiana State Penitentiary's Shakedown Team busted 20-year-old Malik Harrell of St. Francisville, Louisiana shortly after 7 a.m Friday. He was charged with one count of of Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Institution. During [...]