LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- As temperatures dip across the area, local shelters are expecting the biggest stress on their capacity since the pandemic began. The Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness (ARCH) is asking for the community's help so that everyone has a warm place to stay as Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Josh Guillory has declared a [...]
CALCASIEU PARISH, La., (KLFY) -- An 80-year-old driver is dead after Louisiana State Police say he crossed the center line in a curve and crashed into an oncoming vehicle south of Sulphur today. David Lee Richard, 80, of Sulphur, was traveling north on La. 27 in a 2007 Toyota pickup truck. For unknown reasons, Richard's [...]
After the 133-vehicle pileup crash Thursday morning that killed 6, questions remain about the pretreatment of the roadway and if it was adequate for the icy conditions, which officials say appear to be a factor in the crash.
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- St. Martin Parish is rounding up non-compliant sex offenders. This comes after an unregistered sex offender kidnapped a 10-year-old girl in New Iberia this week. "We are going to do everything we can to protect our kids, and I consider every child in St. Martin Parish my kid. I'm going [...]
The Louisiana woman who went viral for putting Gorilla Glue spray in her hair -- which required a four-hour surgery to remove -- is taking advantage of her notoriety by selling a new line of merchandise. Tessica Brown's Tessicamerch.com is now live and is selling T-shirts, hoodies and sweatpants branded with "Bonded for Life." Brown [...]
Expect a cold night with lows in the low to mid 30s with just a few showers possible. Expect a similar day for tomorrow with cold temperatures, mostly cloudy skies, and isolated showers. Temperatures getting into the lower 40s for highs tomorrow afternoon. By Sunday morning, temperatures may finally get closer to the freezing mark [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Lafayette Parish Mayor-President Josh Guillory has declared a state of emergency ahead of a winter weather event expected across the South over the next few days. The declaration also follows a similar one made by Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday. You can read Guillory's declaration in its entirety below:
The child died of methamphetamine toxicity and an unsafe sleeping environment, sometime between Aug. 9 and 10 of 2020.
UPDATE, 4:39 p.m.: New Iberia Police confirmed both teens were found and are safe. ORIGINAL POST: NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) -- New Iberia Police are asking for the public's help in locating one missing teen and the last person she was seen with, according to a press release from the department today. Brielle Fages, 18, [...]