GRAPEVINE, Tx. (KLFY) -- Volunteers with a disaster relief group based out of Texas will be sent to Baton Rouge and Alexandria this weekend to prepare to help aid in relief efforts after Hurricane Ida makes landfall. Volunteers with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief (SBTC Disaster Relief) will bring a feeding unit, [...]
(KLFY) -- On Friday, President Biden declared that an emergency exists in Louisiana and ordered Federal assistance to supplement state and local response efforts due to conditions resulting from Hurricane Ida beginning August 26 and continuing. The President’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief [...]
On Friday, the Houston Police Department reported they arrested two suspects accused of killing off-duty New Orleans Police Detective Everett Briscoe and shooting Dyrin Riculfy, who remains hospitalized in critical condition.
Louisiana State Police have issued a Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory on behalf of the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office for 11-year-old Angie Cerrato.
With Hurricane Ida expected to stir up severe weather for south Louisiana, officials with Lafayette Consolidated Government (LCG) reminded residents that the fastest way to get storm debris picked up is to have it properly sorted.
On Friday, Cleco Power has secured 1,100 workers, including damage assessors, power line technicians, and vegetation specialists to help repair any damage to our transmission and distribution systems.
MAURICE, La. (KLFY) -- While all schools in Vermilion Parish will be closed for Hurricane Ida on Monday, Aug. 30 and Tuesday, Aug. 31, students at North Vermilion High School will not return to classes for the rest of the week.
The latest update from the National Hurricane Center Friday morning has Ida making landfall as a category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Kickoff for Saturday’s preseason game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Saints at the Superdome has been moved up seven hours because of the potential for Tropical Storm Ida to hit the Louisiana coast as a strong hurricane by Sunday. The Saints announced the game will start at noon Central Time [...]
Meet Wallen, Wags, and Wade! All three pups looking for a forever home through Angel Paws Adoption Center in New Iberia. All three originally came to Angel Paws in mid-May of 2021 as young pups in a litter of six along with their siblings as stray surrenders who were found as an abandoned box of [...]
On Friday, Entergy New Orleans, LLC, and Entergy Louisiana announced they are monitoring and planning for the potential impacts from Tropical Storm Ida that is expected to travel across the Gulf of Mexico in the coming days.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (KTAL/KMSS) -- Louisiana families are being encouraged to keep generator safety in mind while preparing for Tropical Storm Ida. Generators produce carbon monoxide, which is an odorless, colorless gas that can kill without warning. The State Fire Marshal’s Office said it's very important to have a carbon monoxide detector for your home, [...]
Three adolescent females are missing, and the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding them.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - An Independent Music Festival Car & Truck Show will be taking place at the Haymann Performing Arts Center on September 12th. The event takes place from 10:30AM - 8:00PM. There will also be a COVID seminar, blood bus, mask and hand sanitizer giveaway, Indie artist performances, and guest appearances by Freeze [...]
Louisiana Comic Con is an annual celebration of popular culture set at the Cajundome Convention Center in Lafayette, LA scheduled for this coming weekend on August 28-29. The owners of AVC Conventions, the company behind the convention, have decided to cancel the event due to the impending hurricane and with concerns for the safety of [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Louisiana's first ever virtual vacci-thon is slated for Saturday, August 28, 2021. Bring Back Louisiana, DJ Troy D and La Louisiane Consulting have teamed up with medical professionals to answer the public's questions and concerns about the coronavirus and vaccines. Five vaccination sites will be setup throughout Southwest Louisiana (see list [...]
CAMERON PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- People in Cameron Parish say last year's hurricane season tore many homes and camps apart. They say the area has been much quieter since then, as many people chose not to rebuild and left the area. "I'm tired of storms. Louisiana has had enough for a while," Rob McGee, who [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Baby Catcher Birth Center is offering new services for expecting mothers in Lafayette. “I’m a mermaid,” says Aria Cully. For a toddler, she isn’t too far off. She was born in the water, during a home birth in her parents' bedroom. “I thought it was so much easier and relaxing being [...]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- A St. Martinville man was arrested on Thursday afternoon on a warrant for multiple drug charges, traffic violations, and aggravated flight from an officer, according to a press release from the St. Martinville Parish Sheriff's Office. Bernard "Lil B" Mitchell, IV, 20, of St. Martinville, was arrested at a business [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency due to the potential impacts and further development of Tropical Storm Ida. According to the National Hurricane Center, this system is forecast to approach the northern Gulf Coast at or near major hurricane intensity Sunday. While there is some forecast [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) -- Friday marks the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Laura making landfall, and while scars the strong category 4 left on Lake Charles were supposed to be today’s focus, the latest Gulf storm loomed over it all. Officials reminded everyone what's been done for the 2020 hurricane recovery and what still needs [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Mayor-President Josh Guillory has restored funding to seven key projects under the proposed American Rescue Plan Budget. While all of the Administration’s proposed projects were approved by the Councils by ordinance, they were defunded by council action. The Mayor-President’s action vetoes the defunding and restores funding to key projects. As Mayor [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- With the future threat of widespread wind and water damage caused by Tropical Storm Ida, and in consultation with area Mayors and Sheriff Garber, Lafayette Mayor-President Josh Guillory has declared a state of emergency for Lafayette Parish. Severe weather and continued rainfall are predicted, which could cause prolonged flooding and hazardous [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Lafayette Consolidated Government is preparing for Tropical Storm Ida to hit the Acadiana area this weekend. The disturbance in the Caribbean was upgraded to a named tropical storm at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. LCG is preparing ahead of the storm's landfall and anticipating to respond should the area be impacted. The [...]