LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Every nine seconds someone has a brain injury and those statistics are steadily growing. The AMAZE Brain Health Group is a local peer-to-peer meeting group that can help you figure a way out of your "stuck." AMAZE monthly meetings are being held on ZOOM online meeting platform due to COVID-19 guidelines. [...]
Acadiana will deal with another low severe weather threat this Wednesday as scattered storms will be likely during the afternoon hours between Noon to 6:00 pm. The weather should remain mostly quiet this morning but it is very warm and misty with temperatures in the lower 70s. The Storm Prediction Center has Acadiana under a [...]
A Rapides Parish Sheriff's deputy accused of beating a Lafayette man in jail has been arrested. The deputy, Ryan C. Lewis, 26, was fired and arrested Tuesday for one count of Simple Battery. This comes after Malcolm Xavier Williams, a Lafayette man, says the deputy and four other corrections officers violently beat him right before [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- Louisiana lawmakers are poised to consider partially abandoning the state's nonpartisan "jungle primary" system, a shift that would align the state's congressional election process with others nationwide. A task force led by state Senate Republican leader Sharon Hewitt recommended the change. Should the state Legislature agree, congressional primaries would close [...]
(KLFY)- On April 24th, Evangeline Parish voters will be asked to approve a one cent sales tax. Evangeline Parish Sheriff Charles Guillory explains, "On your way home and you stop to buy something you would pay, everybody that comes through pays a sales tax." Sheriff Guillory is the one who pushed to have it on [...]
Lafayette, La. (KLFY) The Lafayette Consolidated Government is preparing to roll out 7 million dollars to help residents with rent and utility payments. Mayor President Josh Guillory says applications are to be submitted to one of two local agencies. Smile Community Action Agency will be taking applications and Catholic Charities of Acadiana is the other [...]
UPDATE: Abbeville Police have given the all clear following multiple reports of a man shooting at random vehicles Tuesday afternoon near Park Avenue. Lt. Johnathan Touchet tells News 10 that officers believe the suspect has left the Abbeville area and fled in an unknown direction. He said no injuries have been reported. It still remains [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Our next Remarkable Woman finalist is a New Iberia native who is a never ending source of empowerment and inspiration who shares her knowledge, compassion and wisdom in an effort, she says, to help others "pursue a life of purpose and progress over perfection". News 10 Anchor Darla Montgomery introduces us to [...]
RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KLFY) A 26-year-old Rapides Parish Sheriff's Deputy has been arrested and terminated following an investigation into using inappropriate force during an "incident" at the detention center. According to Sheriff Mark Wood, Deputy Ryan C. Lewis was charged with one count simple battery for his actions during an altercation with an inmate earlier [...]