BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Two women stepped up when it matted on a recent flight to Greece. Heather Duplessis and Lauren Bagneris both attend LSU Health New Orleans and are already showing their prowess as future doctors. While on the flight to Greece, a call went out about a medical emergency onboard. No medical [...]
SURFSIDE, Florida - A woman from Louisiana is among the dozens of missing individuals first responders are searching for in the rubble of Florida's partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building, WWL-TV reports. The 12-story residential building, located in the city of Surfside, is the site of an ongoing search and rescue operation since the building's partial [...]
The first woman general in the Louisiana National Guard retired this month and her colleagues held a ceremony in her honor.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man is facing two counts of simple arson charges after fire investigators say he intentionally set fire to his own home, a second home and a camper. The fire happened Tuesday, June 22 at 2:10 p.m. on St. Fidelis Street, the LFD said. 45-year-old Darcy J. Baudoin Sr. is behind [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Businesses and individuals in the Lafayette community held a competition Saturday to see who could pick up the most trash. It was all apart of the United Way of Acadiana's community day of action. United Way partnered with Parish Proud to host the event, which ended with a trash bash weigh-in and [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) confirms the first delta variant cases in the state. An LDH spokesperson says 19 delta variants have been identified across Louisiana and in our FEMA region, only an estimated 25% of COVID cases are delta variants. Regional breakdown of delta variant cases: Region B.1.617.2 [...]
FORT HOOD, Texas - The Fort Hood Directorate of Emergency Services, commonly known as DES, is seeking the public’s help in locating missing Fort Hood Soldier, Spc. Abram Salas II. Officials say on June 23, Spc. Salas’ unit reported that he failed to report to work. Attempts to contact Salas by law enforcement, his chain-of-command [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) The first-ever pride event was held Saturday in Lafayette. Hundreds of revelers gathered in the downtown area for the event which featured store fronts decorated in Pride colors to welcome all those in attendance. Proclamation for Pride Month signed by four Lafayette City Council members Local activists say they wanted to show support [...]