(KLFY)- In the courthouse square, in the heart of Downtown Opelousas, tables lined the sidewalks with vision boards of what the future could hold for the area. Chairperson for Opelousas Downtown Development District, Lena Charles, says plans have been in the making for a while now to revamp the downtown district. "We are in a [...]
WASHINGTON (KNWA/KFTA) -- President Biden released a statement Saturday following the Food and Drug Administration's emergency approval of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine. "We know that the more people get vaccinated, the faster we will overcome the virus, get back to our friends and loved ones, and get our economy back on track," the [...]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) In St. Mary Parish, the city of Patterson hosted a "Stuff the Truck" event for winter storm victims in Texas. 30 volunteers showed up to help including stuff the truck including the Patterson High School boys basketball team and coaches. In total, 15 pallets of water was collected to send [...]
RAYNE, La. (KLFY) One person was wounded in a shooting just after 4 p.m. Saturday on 6th Street in Rayne. According to Police Chief Carroll Stelly, officers arrived in the 500 block of 6th Street and found a victim with a gunshot wound who was transferred to Acadia General then Lafayette General Hospital. He did [...]
According to Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office records, 35-year-old John Shallerhorn was arrested for first degree murder of a police officer.
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' office presented its annual budget wishlist Friday, one far rosier than what state agencies had feared in the COVID-19 pandemic's early throes. Edwards' $36 billion spending plan -- which is $186 million larger than the state's current fiscal outline -- features no cuts to state [...]
New Orleans residents are outraged after a three-year-old girl is shot while walking with her dad.