Новости за 31.12.2021

Friday's “Lone Star NYE: Countdown to 2022” broadcast will include the “Over the Top NYE” live fireworks spectacular at midnight.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Michelle Odinet has resigned as Lafayette City Court Judge. Her resignation comes after weeks of public scrutiny following the surfacing of a video taken in her home in which racial slurs are used. According to Odinet's attorney, Dane Ciolino, he turned a letter of resignation into the Louisiana Supreme Court on [...]

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Christmas may have passed, but the gift of giving and holiday spirit is still around— and a Panama City Beach family found that out on Wednesday.

A woman was rescued after her pickup truck went off a cliff and into the river near Kalama, Washington shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- After years of protests, spectators cheered when the statue of Confederate General Alfred Mouton was hoisted by a crane and removed from its pedestal in July. Lafayette’s United Daughters of the Confederacy Chapter, which donated the statue to the city in April 1922, agreed to a settlement with the Lafayette Consolidated [...]

UPDATE: More than 70 people were displaced from their homes Thursday evening following an apartment fire in Lafayette. Firefighters battled the large blaze just after 4 p.m. at the Bayou Oaks apartments on Feu Follet Road. No injuries were reported. According to the Lafayette Fire Department, a preliminary investigation has determined that roofing contractors were [...]

BROUSSARD, La. (KLFY)-- The suspect in a December 8 homicide in Broussard is now in custody. According to police, 18-year-old Jamiah Xavier Celestine surrendered himself Thursday to the United States Marshal’s Task Force. He is charged with the shooting death of 21-year-old Diondre Williams who police found inside a home in the area of Gustave [...]

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) Governor John Bel Edwards says we're now in the beginning of the fifth COVID-19 surge in Louisiana. He says the Omicron variant is rapidly driving up the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. "These alarming increases are due to the continued, rapid spread of the Omicron variant," Governor Edwards said. He [...]

There's been a sharp increase in demand for Covid testing across Louisiana. Here in Acadiana, health officials say the virus surge, fueled by the Omicron variant, is hitting hard.

UPDATE: Lacora has been returned home to her family. ORIGINAL, Dec. 30, 5:51 p.m. (KLFY) -- The Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing teen. Lacora Johnson was last seen at approximately 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, 2021 in the 4600 block of Old LA 25. She is [...]

Smoking inside businesses could soon be a thing of the past in New Iberia. The City Council has begun crafting a prohibition of smoking indoors ordinance in the name of public health, but not everyone agrees it should be done.

JetBlue is the latest airline forced to cancel hundreds of flights due to COVID-19's impact on its staffing. Until mid-January, over 1,200 flights have been "reduced" from the airline's schedule.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged travelers who are vaccinated and unvaccinated to avoid cruise ship travel due to a record-breaking COVID-19 surge across the United States.