OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- Two Opelousas teens were arrested Thursday for their alleged involvement in two drive-by shootings. Mckey Keon King, 19, of Opelousas, faces charges of five counts of attempted first-degree murder and one count of aggravated assault by drive-by shooting. Quanderrick Bradley, 18, of Opelousas, faces charges of three counts of attempted first-degree [...]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- A Breaux Bridge man is behind bars after St. Martin Parish Sheriff's deputies say he allegedly raped a woman, tried to shoot her, kidnapped her and stole her vehicle. Dennis Joseph Comeaux, 46, of Breaux Bridge, faces a list of charges after being arrested by Louisiana State Troopers in West [...]
The abortion debate continued in Congress Thursday as President Joe Biden signed an executive order to reverse two Trump-era rules that limit access to the procedure.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Two Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies have a new badge of honor to add to their uniforms after receiving Life Saving Medals on Thursday. Sheriff Mark Garber awarded the medals to Lt. Karry Falcon and Deputy Jeremy Percle during a ceremony at the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office Public Safety Complex. The [...]
Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed Thursday during his weekly briefing that the second and third cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Louisiana and 14 more suspected cases are still being evaluated by the CDC.
Biden indicated he's open to negotiating who receives a check -- meaning the direct payments may be more targeted to lower-income Americans than Biden's original plan.
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) announced they have confirmed two additional cases of the U.K. variant of COVID-19 in the state. The two cases were confirmed in Southwest Louisiana and in the greater New Orleans area. The individual in Southwest Louisiana did not report a history of travel outside [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) -- A Lake Charles man has been charged with 4th offense DWI after Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's deputies found him in a truck in a ditch on Jan. 22. James O. McKeehan, Jr., 55, of Lake Charles already has four prior DWI arrests, according to Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer [...]