Lafayette, LA— With more than $630 million in taxable sales in July, year-to-date taxable sales reached $4.37 billion. July 2021 sales were 17.5% higher than sales in July 2020. Year-to-date sales were 24.2% higher than 2020 and 20.7% higher than 2019. July 2021 sales are the highest on record for the month of July and [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Attorney General Jeff Landy has launched an investigation into the four nursing home resident deaths. Click here to watch the announcement. “Our goal will be to determine who decided to move these patients to this apparently unsafe and potentially inappropriate facility. We wish to determine who authorized that these patients [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- The Opportunity Machine in Lafayette is offering free workspaces for small business owners who have been displaced because of Hurricane Ida. Internet, printers, and a dry workspace can be hard to come by for some business owners across Southeast Louisiana. That’s why the Opportunity Machine is opening its doors to small [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) -- A 64-year-old man was medevaced by the Coast Guard after he was attacked by a shark about 35 miles southeast of Grand Isle, according to a press release from the Coast Guard. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a call at 12:51 a.m. from personnel aboard a fishing vessel [...]
A New Iberia man is dead after a 3 a.m. single-vehicle crash on La. 83 near S. Lewis St. in Iberia Parish this morning, according to Louisiana State Police Troop I.
The President was set to arrive in New Orleans at noon, and from there, travel to Reserve.
The Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) reports that U.S. President Joe Biden has officially made disaster unemployment assistance (DUA) available to businesses and residents whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted as a direct result of Hurricane Ida.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Officials with Lafayette Consolidated Government said they have closed down University Ave. between Congress St. and Cameron St. due to a ruptured gas line.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- For those looking for a career in the tech industry, Perficient in Lafayette is offering tuition-free education to 25 qualifying applicants. Perficient is a global digital consulting agency working with brands to connect with their customers and grow their business. The market for these jobs is needing more talent than what the supply [...]
(KLFY) -- Crew members aboard the Noble Globetrotter II who say they've been stranded on the ship since Hurricane Ida hit said that some crewmen have already been transported to shore. The Coast Guard told News 10 that 142 men were on the drillship. Crew members said they were forced to ride out the category [...]
Nearly a dozen Mississippi military personnel were hurt in a crash while on their way to Louisiana to help with recovery efforts desperately needed following catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ida on Sunday.
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- Thursday night, Gov. John Bel Edwards received word that FEMA has approved his request to activate the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program. It will provide temporary housing for thousands of Louisianans who have been displaced by Hurricane Ida. “I am extremely grateful to Pres. Biden and FEMA for activating the [...]
An investigation is underway in New Orleans after an emergency dispatcher was said to have purposely hung up on emergency callers.
HOUMA, La. (KLFY) -- Law enforcement from across Louisiana and beyond are helping Southeast Louisiana get back on its feet following Hurricane Ida. Over 210 deputy sheriffs are in the most affected areas of Bayou State. They arrived from over 20 parishes, and most of the parishes not sending men really don't have any to [...]
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards addresses the state from Tangipahoa after an Thursday afternoon spent assessing recovery efforts in the surrounding parishes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines.
MORGAN CITY, La. (KLFY) - Lake End Park, on Lake Palourde, in Morgan City is full of evacuees, in RV's and campers, who were forced from their homes. The park is operated by the city. There are 250 sites for RV and camper hook ups. Park management says they are at capacity. Evacuees from all [...]
(KLFY) -- The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed four additional deaths related to Hurricane Ida. LDH tweeted on Thursday afternoon that the Jefferson Parish coroner confirmed the deaths. LDH sadly confirms 4 additional storm-related deaths today. The Jefferson parish coroner has confirmed 3 carbon monoxide deaths at a home. We do not yet have [...]
The Salvation Army continues to supply free meals to Hammond residents in need of food following Hurricane Ida.