BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY)— The Louisiana Department of Health reported 481 new cases and 14 new deaths on Friday, November 19, 2021, bringing the total number of cases to 767,330 and the total number of deaths to 14,749. As stated on the LDH website, the new case increase may not match the difference between today’s [...]
OPELOUSAS, La.(KLFY)-Northwest High School students in Opelousas were welcomed on campus with on-site security checks when they arrived on campus Friday morning. According to sheriff Bobby Guidroz students are going through strict security throughout the entire day. All students were checked at the door and will be checked throughout the school day.Deputies will monitor classrooms [...]
An investigation is currently underway in Maurice following reports of a shooting
An Opelousas man was arrested during a traffic stop on Thursday
We took the Pet Stop on the road in Rayne at Haseya's New Beginning Animal Rescue. They are located at 1321 Section Avenue in Rayne
A water advisory has been lifted for the following areas in St. Landry Parish, according to Lauren Hardy with Water Works District 3.
Sheriff Guidroz is confirming that Beauchene High School is on lockdown. Students said they saw a student with a gun, and are currently being interviewed on a school bus
The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial was to return Friday for a fourth day of deliberations, after a quiet day behind closed doors that ended with one juror asking if she could take home the jury instructions.
LAFAYETTE,La(KLFY)-- Catch up with News 10 on your way out the door! Today's Headlines: Suspect in custody in connection with a shooting that left 9-year-old girl injured. Lafayette Firefighter injured while battling house fire on Verot School Rd. last night. LPD is hosting annual SWAT training this week. A vote on President Biden's "Build Back [...]
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that Noah Clare and Amber Clare have been found safe and sound, just outside of San Clemente, California.
UPDATE 8:04 a.m. -- Maryland State Police are calling Thursday's incident an apparent murder-suicide after identifying the people found inside the grey Ford Edge. The woman in the front seat of the car was identified as Tia Bynum, 35, of Baltimore according to MSP. Bynum was pronounced dead on the scene by EMS. She was [...]
One Columbia County man was found guilty on all nine felony counts related to child sex trafficking by a federal jury Thursday, Nov. 18.
(KLFY) All Acadiana area public schools and offices will be closed from Monday, November 22 through Friday November 26, 2021 in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. K-12th grade students in Lafayette, Iberia, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Landry, Acadia, and Vermilion parishes will have the entire week off. Students who wish to catch up on reading or [...]
JEFF DAVIS PARISH, La. (KLFY) A new rice mill will soon be up and running in Jeff Davis Parish. Governor John Bel Edwards attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the new $8.4 million facility Thursday afternoon. The governor says this will be huge for local rice farmers and says it's a major agricultural win for the [...]
UPDATE: A Lafayette firefighter was injured in a house fire Thursday night on Verot School Road. According to the Fire Department Spokesperson Alton Trahan, the fire happened just after 7 p.m. in the 2400 block near Ambassador Caffery Parkway. Firefighters arrived to find the home engulfed in heavy flames and smoke. It took over an [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A Lafayette man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend, whose body was found inside her Conrad Street home, five years ago. Jurors heard two days of testimony and then took two hours Thursday to deliberate a verdict to convict Johnathan Aubrey with the death of Sheree [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Lawmakers pressed the Commissioner of Agriculture over the slow rollout of the medical marijuana program. While the state has high demand, there is a shortage of product and endless red tape delaying the program. With the first medical marijuana products hitting the shelves in the state in 2019, it has [...]
(KLFY) Senator John Kennedy is looking to block President Joe Biden's pick for the comptroller of currency after accusing her of being a communist. Omarova Saule was grilled by a handful of republicans during her confirmation hearing Thursday. Senator Kennedy questioned her about her upbringing in the Soviet Union and accused her of joining a [...]
Law Enforcement from across Louisiana and beyond are in Lafayette this week for basic SWAT training, but "basic" might not be the best way to describe what these special teams go through.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A Breaux Bridge woman who authorities say defrauded her employer out of more than $300k was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay restitution. 51-year-old Tracie Sonnier was sentenced by United States District Judge Michael J. Juneau. The charges, according to the U.S. attorney's office, stem [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A religious, anti-LGBTQ group held a demonstration on ULL's campus Thursday, holding up signs that had messages calling being queer an "abomination." Students have expressed concern and frustration, saying this isn't the first time the group has come. One sign read, "God only recognizes two genders. Another said that being part [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Two South Louisiana servants of God have been advanced toward sainthood. According to the Diocese of Lafayette, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to advance on the local level the causes of beatification and canonization for Charlene Marie Richard and August "Nonco" Pelafigue. Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel addressed his brother bishops to [...]