LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A mask mandate will not be enforced by the Lafayette Police Department. The Lafayette City Council made the decision by a vote in an emergency meeting Tuesday night. It was not a unanimous decision. The council was split 3-2 on racial lines. The citizens were also divided. There is still a [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) Opelousas General Hospital will be receiving another round of COVID-19 vaccines. President and CEO Ken Cochran says they have been notified that another 300 first dose rounds of the vaccine should arrive next week. He say the vaccine will be administered at the Opelousas Civic Center on Thursday, February 18 from 8 [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) At Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center, Interim Chief Medical Officer Dr. Henry Kaufman acknowledges a "new plan of action". "We were between the second wave of the pandemic and facing what looked like a third wave. We brainstormed ways to minimize hospitalizations," Kaufman continues. The hospital is working to keep [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY)- The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested Janet Irvin in an investigation into the death of Quawan 'Bobby' Charles. According to Ronald Haley, the attorney representing the Charles family, Irvin faces charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and failure to report a missing child. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) Janet Irvin was arrested Tuesday afternoon in the case of Quawan "Bobby" Charles and faces a charge of failure to report a missing child as well as contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She's been at the center of the investigation since Charles was found dead on November 3. Nearly [...]
Louisiana woman Tessica Brown, whose quest to free her hair and scalp from Gorilla Glue adhesive spray prompted an outpouring of concern on social media, said Tuesday that she may be getting help soon.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- Former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial will go on as planned Wednesday, after the U.S. Senate voted 56-44 to proceed. Six Republican senators -- including Louisiana's Bill Cassidy -- joined all 50 Democratic senators in voting "yes" Tuesday. Supporters agreed it is constitutional to impeach a president no longer in [...]
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) Don't be alarmed if you see Lafayette Deputy Marshals patrolling City Hall. The idea is being proposed by Marshal Reggie Thomas. Thomas says that elected officials, employees and visitors of city hall deserve on-site patrol that's trained to deal with emergencies. "Our city marshals have radios and everything just as city police [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Citing concerns about the spread of the more transmissible UK variant of COVID-19 and Fat Tuesday coming up next week, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday the Phase 2 coronavirus restrictions set to expire Wednesday will be extended another 21 days, along with the statewide mask mandate. Edwards said the [...]
MORSE, La. (KLFY) The Mayor of Morse, Ray Richard has suspended the Village Clerk of Court, Birdie Touchet following last week's explosive town meeting and a recent violent outburst inside the building. In an investigation, documents obtained show the clerk of court has been threatened numerous times inside of her own workplace. Touchet has filed [...]