RAYNE, La. (KLFY) -- UPDATE, 4:30 p.m., Oct. 28: A suspect wanted on multiple charges is still at large after multiple Acadiana law enforcement agencies tried to apprehend him following a high-speed chase across parishes. According to Lt. Jonathan Touchet of the Abbeville Police Department, on October 28, 2021, at approximately 1:15 p.m. officers with [...]
BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) - The final juvenile detention center escapee and his girlfriend have been caught and arrested. Authorities said Malik Williams, the 18-year-old who escaped from the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center on Friday, Oct. 15, and 20-year-old Shameka Holloman, were arrested on Thursday in Houston, Texas. Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) [...]
NEW ORLEANS, La (BRPROUD) - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's New Orleans office (EEOC) filed a suit against Shreveport-based American Screening LLC this week for allegedly violating the civil rights of an African American employee when it fired her for wearing her hair naturally. The EEOC lawsuit explains that in 2018, American Screening, which [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- At noon on Thursday, Lafayette firefighters responded to a fire at 3600 E. Simcoe St. at Riverside at Oakborne Apartments. No one was injured in the fire, but five units were at least moderately damaged, according to Lafayette Fire Department spokesperson Alton Trahan. Residents informed firefighters that the fire was in [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Two people were injured in a shooting Thursday morning on Louisiana Ave. Lafayette Police are investigating the incident. The shooting happened in the 3200 block of Louisiana Ave at around 9 a.m. A victim fled to the M&S Grocery Store parking lot for help. According to Sgt. Robin Green, officers found [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- The Louisiana Oil and Gas Association (LOGA) founder and former President Don Briggs is in the hospital after being in a car crash on I-12 near Tangipahoa Parish. His wife Nannette died in the crash, according to a press release from LOGA. Early the morning of Wednesday, Oct. 27, Don [...]
Gov. John Bel Edwards will be holding a press conference today at 10 a.m. after Wednesday's tornado damage in the storm-stricken city.
A Ville Platte man has been missing since Wednesday night.
Jockey Lot is a local flea market that greets the fall season with an Annual Fall Garage Sale and Trick-or-Treat at the Market.
The National Weather Service out of Lake Charles conducted a tornado survey south of Lake Charles on Wednesday after reports of several homes damaged within a neighborhood east of Elliot Road. The preliminary survey found that a 300-yard wide EF-2 Tornado with 130 mph winds was on the ground for 2 miles as it traveled [...]
Acadiana Eats with Gerald Gruenig making a stop this week at Vincent Family BBQ in Scott. Items Featured on Acadiana Eats- BBQ Brisket Plate & BBQ Chicken Plate Address- 1122 St Mary St, Scott, LA 70583 Phone Number- (337) 205-4850 Website- VincentFamilyBBQ.com Don't forget Acadiana! Acadiana Eats with Gerald Gruenig airs every Thursday ONLY on [...]
RAPIDES PARISH, La. (KLFY) A Rapides Parish Sheriff’s deputy has been arrested on five counts of pornography involving juveniles. 36-year-old Randell Crooks of Pineville was taken into custody Wednesday at the Rapides Parish courthouse. He was taken into custody, without incident, by investigators with the Attorney General’s Office and then immediately terminated from his position [...]
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) In Lafayette, early voters are being forewarned not everyone will vote on the same propositions. Plus, the Lafayette Parish Registrar of Voters says redistricting will not have an impact on this election. Both election officials say there are no changes being made to polling locations due to redistricting. Registrar of [...]
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) Are you brave enough? Fright Trail Haunted House, in its 10th year, will be turning up the scares in its final week of the 2021 Halloween Season. The open air event, which features the home of The Crowley Strangler, The Demented from Duson, The Butcher from Breaux Bridge, & The Psycho from [...]
ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) A shooting last night in Abbeville has one neighborhood wanting gun violence to stop. The latest shooting happened near Maude and Schlesinger Streets. Many residents there say they are awaken often by gunshots followed by police sirens. "Me and my son, we all hit the ground in the house. It sounded like [...]
TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (KLFY) A 77-year-old Lafayette woman died Wednesday morning in a vehicle crash on I-12 in Tangipahoa parish. According to State Police, Nannette Briggs was an unrestrained passenger in a vehicle traveling eastbound on Interstate 12 and struck the rear of a International HX trailer that was stopped due to a traffic congestion. [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Election day is fast approaching, and Louisianans will get to vote on four constitutional amendments. That could lead to major changes to state taxes. Amendment 2 looks to make a tax swap: Do you support an amendment to lower the maximum allowable rate of individual income tax and to authorize [...]
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ORANGE, TX (KLFY) -- Severe weather ripped across the Gulf region on Wednesday, spawning tornadoes and severe thunderstorm systems across Southeast Texas and South Louisiana. A video obtained by Nexstar Media shows a tornado crossing I-10 near Orange, Texas, causing electric surges from nearby powerlines and throwing debris in every direction. Watch the video in [...]
JACKSON, Miss. (Mississippi Today) - A representative for Brett Favre delivered a $600,000 check to the State Auditor’s Office Monday, the office confirmed Wednesday, a couple weeks after the auditor demanded he repay the welfare funds he took from the state. In 2017 and 2018, a nonprofit contracted to run then-Gov. Phil Bryant’s “family-stabilizing” initiative [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- The deadline to register for FEMA disaster assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida has been extended to Nov. 29. The original deadline was Oct. 28. People in the 25 declared parishes can apply, according to a FEMA spokesperson. Parishes include: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, [...]