YOUNGSVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- The Lafayette Parish School System announced that Green T. Lindon Elementary School and Youngsville Middle School are releasing students early today for a broken water line. Dismissal will begin at 12:10 pm at Green T. Lindon Elementary School and 12:30 p.m. at Youngsville Middle School, according to Public Information Officer Allison [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Twelve-year-old Lafayette native Zhoriel Tapos is a Scholastic Kid reporter. Recently she had the chance to speak with former first lady Michelle Obama about her new Netflix cooking show for children called "Waffles and Mochi." "I was anxious but the only word i could describe the actual moment that we got [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Drive-In Theater Tour series returns to the Cajundome in 2021 with "An Evening Under the Stars with Zach Williams, Mac Powell and Cain" on Thursday, May 13. The concert will be held outdoors in the Cajundome parking lot with a pod seating set-up that will accommodate up to six fans [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- La. Attorney General Jeff Landry announced today that Louisiana will be joining 12 other states in suing the Pres. Joe Biden administration over oil and gas concerns. “By executive fiat, Joe Biden and his administration have single-handedly driven the price of energy up – costing the American people where it [...]
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- Detectives with the Acadia Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating a residential burglary which occurred in the 5000 block of Roberts Cove Rd. on October 15, 2020, between the hours of 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Unknown suspect(s) gained entry into the residence by kicking in a door. Once inside they stole [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- Today is the last day to register in-person to vote in the upcoming April 24 general election, according to Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin. The online deadline to register to vote is Saturday, April 3. Citizens may check their registration or register to vote online at www.GeauxVote.com; at your parish’s [...]
SCOTT, La. (KLFY) -- The Scott Police Department and Brian Schlessinger State Farm have teamed up for a driver awareness campaign that aims to get motorists properly restrained while reminding them to put their phones down when they drive. Around 40 signs will be strategically placed under stop signs around Scott to help remind drivers [...]
The Houma Police Department continue to look for the suspect who shot and killed 8-year old Treyce Bryant in a drive-by shooting last night.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - The Center for Thriving Families is new mental health behavioral health service provider, that provides services in the community to families, individuals, children, and adults, in their homes, at the school, or provided at the office or even over telehealth platform. The services are paid for by Healthy Louisiana Bayou health [...]
SUNSET, La. (KLFY) -- Sunset Police are asking the public for help in finding a man wanted on a number of charges after he seriously injured a police officer with his vehicle and then fled the scene. Jimmy Charles, Jr., was pulled over by Sunset Police on Feb. 6 at around 2 p.m. for multiple [...]
UPDATE: Lightning set a Lafayette apartment complex ablaze Tuesday morning during a severe storm. The damage from the fire spread to multiple apartment units, according to the Lafayette Fire Department. "The fire started at 10:30 this morning. Several residents actually saw the lighting strike the building and people inside started smelling smoke." Fire spread to [...]
Lawmakers discussed solutions to America's problem with gun violence the day after yet another mass shooting that left 10 people dead in Boulder, Colorado.
A former priest and two professional dominatrices accused of performing sex acts on the altar of a Catholic church in Pearl River were charged by the North Shore District Attorney's Office with one count of institutional vandalism, a felony. Travis John Clark, 37, who was pastor of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, and Mindy [...]