NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — R&B pioneer Lloyd Price has died at the age of 88. Forever linked to the “New Orleans sound,” the legendary singer rose to fame off 1950s classics “Lawdy Miss Clawdy,” “Stagger Lee,” “Personality,” and “Just Because” and “Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day?).” According to friend Rickey Poppell via Variety‘s Facebook page, [...]
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (KLFY) — – Louisiana State Police reports that shortly before 3:00 pm on Friday, Troopers from LSP Troop A investigated a four vehicle crash. The crash resulted in a fatality on Interstate 10 west of LA Hwy 415 in West Baton Rouge Parish. Troopers confirm the crash claimed the life [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLFY) - Louisiana Senator John Kennedy and Representative Clay Higgins, both republicans, plan to call on the homeland security committees, in the House and Senate, to hold hearings on the Seacor power lift boat accident. "We're going to get to the bottom of this to find out what happened, why it happened," said [...]
NEW IBERIA, La (KLFY) -- The mother of a New Iberia teen who was allegedly plotted against by a dozen students at Westgate High School is speaking out about the way the school is handling the incident. She says ten students trapped her son in the boys' bathroom while another student attacked him, breaking his [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La (KLFY) -- The Coast Guard rescued three people from a sinking vessel Thursday night near Black Bay, according to a press release from the Coast Guard Eighth District. All three people on board the vessel were safely rescued with no reported medical concerns. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a [...]
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- Two years after a former priest's molestation sentencing, the Diocese of Lafayette has released a public apology to the victim. The statement is as follows: "After careful examination, the Diocese of Lafayette has determined that the allegations made by Oliver Peyton against Michael Guidry, who formerly served as a priest of [...]
BUTTE LA ROSE, La (KLFY) -- The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has confirmed that the body of a boater, who went missing after a boat collision last week, has been found. Bob Schoeffler, of Lafayette, went missing in the Atchafalaya River last week after he was involved in a boat collision near Butte la [...]
GUEYDAN, La, (KLFY) - The Gueydan Chief of Police, Shawn Theriot, is now under investigation following an argument at a local tire shop in town. However, the tire shop owner, Ashlyn Murphy, says it's all a misunderstanding and that Theriot was not the instigator. She claims Theriot was defending himself after a customer got upset [...]
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- The Lafayette Animal Shelter and Care Center will open to the public on Monday, May 10 after relocating to a new facility. The previous shelter location closed last week while staff moved equipment, supplies, and animals from the old building to the new facility. Intakes and adoptions will resume Monday. The [...]
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- The Lafayette Parish School System announced that Southside High School will transition to hybrid learning for all students effective Monday, May 10 until further notice. Due to an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases, Southside High School is returning to a hybrid A/B schedule, with Monday, Wednesday, and Friday being [...]