LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A young couple who were away from their home lost everything in a house fire on Oak Crest Dr. on Sunday night, according to the Lafayette Fire Department. Public Information Officer Alton Trahan said neighbors noticed smoke coming from the dwelling and called 911. When firefighters arrived on scene, the smoke [...]
DUSON, La. (KLFY) -- Duson Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect involved in a pair of vehicle thefts -- one in Lafayette and the other at a LOVE's Truck Stop in Duson on Christmas night. Police Chief Kip Judice said video surveillance shows the suspect -- described as a dark-skinned [...]
UPDATE, 1:53 p.m.: Church Point Police Chief Dale Thibodeaux released the following statement: A Church Point Police Department Officer Rasim Alexis Fredericks has been arrested by the St. Landry Sheriff's Department for domestic abuse battery child endangerment. The Church Point officer was recently employed in October and is still within his probationary period. Upon contact [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Department of Health's Office of Public Health and the Louisiana National Guard will be hosting no-cost COVID-19 testing at the following sites during the week of Dec. 27. The sites are as follows: Patients should bring their photo ID and their insurance cards, where applicable. Be aware that for [...]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- A Rayne man was arrested by U.S. Marshals last week, marking the last arrest of four in the case of a July 3 shooting in the Westwood Apartments in Crowley. Tyrese Shermal Joseph Dugas, 20, was arrested on Thursday, Dec. 17, according to Crowley Police Chief Jimmy Broussard. The victim was [...]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- Crowley Police have confirmed a second fatality from Sunday's shooting at a block party and have identified both victims. Nikita Savoy, 31, was one of three people shot Dec. 27 on W. Hutchinson Street, according to Police Chief Jimmy Broussard. Savoy had been in critical condition since the shooting. Joseph Castillo, [...]
SHREVEPORT, La. (Daily Advertiser) -- Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards has been released from a Shreveport hospital and returned to his home near Baton Rouge after a weekend of non-COVID-related tests. "All is well," family spokesman Leo Honeycutt said. Edwards, 93, was hospitalized Saturday in Ochsner LSU Health Medical Center. The tests were related to respiratory and [...]
A warming trend will continue for Acadiana that will push high temperatures in the low to mid-70s over the next few days. Clouds should stay abundant as well until the weekend. A few showers are possible today and tomorrow before scattered rain becomes more likely Wednesday. All attention will be on New Year's Eve for [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Fire heavily damaged a home in Lafayette Sunday night. It happened just after 8 p.m. on Oak Crest Road off Johnston Street. Firefighters say no one was inside the home when the fire broke out. The cause of the fire is under investigation.