BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY) - The Breaux Bridge Volunteer Fire Department was called to a house fire early Friday morning. It happened around 3:00 a.m. on Blanchard Street. When firefighters arrived on scene they quickly jumped into action to put the fire out. According to the Fire Chief, the home was vacant, and it looked [...]
Light to moderate showers are widespread across Acadiana this Friday morning. Flash flooding does not look like an issue as we hit the roadways. Rain chances should taper off by this afternoon but a few isolated showers will continue for the area. Otherwise, the weather looks warm and cloudy with highs today in the upper [...]
BREAUX BRIDGE, La. (KLFY) -- A T-shirt is a hot topic is St. Martin Parish Schools, but is it a celebration, a political message, or both? Wednesday, as the country inaugurated a new president and vice-president, some teachers who wore a T-shirt with "Chucks & Pearls" on it to school were told to cover it, [...]
Victor was charged with murder in 2008 following the death of his 8-year-old stepson, M.L. Lloyd III. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — A St. John the Baptist pastor whose 2014 murder conviction was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court last year is now running for Congress from his jail cell in central [...]
MINDEN, La. (KSLA) - The parents of a 7-month-old girl have been arrested and charged with negligent homicide after an autopsy found methamphetamine in the baby’s system. Officials with the Minden Police Department say on Dec. 8 around 1:30 p.m., officers were called out to Minden Motel about an unresponsive child. Police say they did [...]
The Lafayette Parish School System has made the decision to send 8th graders and 12th graders back to campus for learning full-time, starting February 1st. The school system says they're doing a good job with mitigation efforts, transmission of the virus at school is low, and there have been no widespread school closures. Currently, Lafayette [...]
Meanwhile, two dozen Democratic senators urged the new administration to enact tougher restrictions on air pollution created by oil and gas production. (Daily Advertiser) -- Newly inaugurated President Joe Biden enacted a 60-day ban Thursday on new oil and gas drilling permits and leases for federal lands and waters, including the Gulf of Mexico. During his campaign, Biden vowed [...]
(CBS) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to present a proposal to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to delay the start of the impeachment trial of former President Trump until February, multiple sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News. This would give impeachment managers and Mr. Trump's defense at least a week to prepare. [...]