BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards has created a new award to commemorate Louisiana’s only Black governor and to acknowledge the contributions of African American leaders in the state. The Democratic governor and the Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus held the first P.B.S. Pinchback breakfast Thursday and gave the P.B.S. Legacy Award to [...]
Sue Plex — the roller derby name of Jamie Wright — started as an alter-ego. "What's really cool is I use Sue Plex as inspiration of who I want to be as an individual," Wright said. "Some people do that where their derby name personifies as someone to aspire to, to be a role model. For me, Sue's fearless, resilient, strong, [...]
ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) Detectives in Acadia Parish are trying to locate the person(s) responsible for shooting and wounding three people on I-10 just before dawn Sunday. It happened around 5:30 a.m. eastbound near mile marker 85/86, Sheriff K.P. Gibson said. He said the victims we traveling to the Lafayette area after leaving a [...]
EUNICE, La. (KLFY) A 14-year-old male is being sought in Eunice following a shooting early Sunday on South Second Street where a graduation party was being held, police said. It happened around 12:30 a.m. Two victims, both men, were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. A 32-year-old male, shot once in the torso, was pronounced [...]
Prince Harry and Meghan may have stepped away from their royal duties — but family appeared to be top of mind in naming their second child, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, who was born Friday in California. The name pays tribute to both Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, whose family nickname is Lilibet, and his late [...]
He was cleared a few hours later when he and his two sons, one of whom was mistakenly identified as the dead child, were found alive on a camping trip.
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HAMMOND, La. (BRPROUD) - A 'wanted person' is on the run and the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's help locating 30-year-old Christie "BeBe" McKnight. According to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office, "McKnight is wanted by TPSO detectives on an outstanding warrant for Obstruction of Justice related to an ongoing investigation surrounding [...]
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (BRPROUD) - A deputy with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office was injured in a crash on Saturday morning. According to the Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office, ‘around 8:00 a.m. today, deputies with the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to a disturbance call, with an armed suspect, at a home located in the [...]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Saturday morning, families and local leaders came together for the "Let Me Live" march in New Orleans East. Families who have lost loved ones to gun violence spoke out, demanding justice and change in the community. "What we are trying to do is make New Orleans a much better place [...]
(KLFY) Louisiana State police say they’re already seeing an increase in deadly crashes since the start of summer in Louisiana. Since Tuesday, June 1 through Friday, June 4, State Police Troopers say they have investigated 10 fatal crashes resulting in 13 deaths. Following those stats, state police have put out a notice urging caution for [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) A 44-year-old Opelousas man has been charged with second-degree murder after police say he fatally stabbing another man Friday afternoon on Perrault Street. After calls of a reported stabbing police said they located the suspect, Corey Rosette, about a block away from the scene of the crime near Stardust Street and Evergreen [...]