BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - The finalists for the 2022 Teacher and Principal of the Year awards were announced by the Louisiana Department of Education. Among the finalist is St. Martinville Principal, Kevin Dugas. The UL graduate has 19 years of experience. The announcement made at the 2021 Teacher Leader Summit listed 18 finalists from [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - A man is behind bars after Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit Agents found various illegal narcotics, firearms and cash. Authorities say agents came into contact with the suspect, Efren Torres, at a hotel in the 300 block of Ambassador Caffery Pkwy. Deputies say illegal narcotics were located both on his person [...]
Facebook says it will suspend former President Donald Trump’s accounts for two years following its finding that he stoked violence ahead of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
CRAWDOWN ALIVE 2021 is taking place this weekend at the Cajun Table Restaurant on the Southside of Lafayette. CRAWDOWN ALIVE will feature live music, a crawfish eating contest, & a zydeco dancing competition. Live music begins on Friday night with Leroy Thomas and the Zydeco Roadrunners. There is a full day of live music planned [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) - This summer the multistate game Powerball will add a third draw night of Monday to its 2-days-a-week drawing schedule. Beginning Aug. 23, Powerball will be drawn on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights at 9:59 p.m. All other aspects of the game -- including its matrix, prize levels, odds, and drawing operations -- remain the same. “Powerball is [...]
BOSSIER CITY, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Bossier City police officers along with a good samaritan are being praised for their bravery after saving a woman from jumping off the Westgate Bridge. According to BPPD, officers responded to a suspicious person complaint on the Shreveport-Barksdale Bridge Tuesday afternoon that led to a remarkable chain of events. Police [...]
BADLWIN, La. (KLFY) - A Baton Rouge woman accused of killing a Baldwin woman is back in St. Mary Parish behind bars. Andreniki Franklin, 29, was arrested on Thursday for second-degree murder and obstruction of justice-tampering. She is accused of killing 25-year old Karlnita Marks in May of 2020. Authorities say during the investigation, [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - The bill that will make kindergarten mandatory has passed the House floor and once changes are approved in the Senate it will be sent to the governor's desk. There was spirited debate and several attempts to add amendments before the final passage. The bill by Senator Cleo Fields has been [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - The public can enjoy a FREE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL at Vermilionville for the 19th annual Creole Culture Celebration on Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 from 10AM-5PM. Live music with Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole on Saturday and Corey Ledet on Sunday; cooking demonstrations; juré performances; storytelling; Creole language panel discussions; [...]
Widespread showers and storms are moving through Acadiana this Friday morning. There are a few areas of heavier rains too. Rain chances today and throughout the weekend are expected to run at 70%. Over the next few days, Acadiana could see 2" to 4" inches of rainfall with isolated higher amounts possible. As the ground [...]
PORT FOURCHON, La. (KLFY) -- The attorney of Dwayne Lewis, a survivor of the Seacor Power from Erath, has given new details in a lawsuit against the boat maker, owner, and charter company. Attorney, Frank Lamothe said it took a couple of hours to hear the full story from boarding the Seacor Power to the [...]
GRAMERCY, La. (KLFY) -- An Opelousas man was one of two people killed in a fatal crash on Interstate 10 westbound, just east of La. 641 in St. James Parish this afternoon, according to Louisiana State Police. Daniel Thomas, 33, of Opelousas, and James Breaux, 50, of Donaldsonville, were in a 2003 Ford Explorer, pulled [...]
SCOTT, La. (KLFY) -- The City of Scott has broken ground on phases 2 and 3 of the Apollo Road extension project. The project is expected to help alleviate traffic within the city and attract new developments to Scott. "This is the single largest infrastructure investment the city of Scott has ever made," said Mayor [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- An Opelousas woman is behind bars, facing 174 counts of animal cruelty. Police say Anita Belaire operated a secret puppy mill, where she neglected nearly 300 dogs and puppies. The St. Landy Parish animal shelter's director tells News 10 in February, she got a tip that Belaire was operating a large-scale [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Alex Bourque drives a fire truck for the Lafayette Fire Department. He's assigned to Station No. 2 on Mudd Avenue. He's been off the job for a while now, because he just found out he has cancer. Lafayette Fire Chief Robert Benoit says the department is coming together to help Bourque [...]
In a briefing Thursday, Gov. John Bel Edwards shared the latest on Louisiana's response to COVID-19 and introduced a Baton Rouge nurse who shared the powerful story of losing her husband to the virus after she brought it home from work and her mission to not let his death be in vain.