BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - A bill that would have banned people under 21 from bars looked to address issues that arose in the Madison Brooks case. The legislation faced heavy pushback and is moving forward with a lot of changes. With significant amendments, 18-20 year-olds can still go into Class A facilities under the [...]
Two deputies with the Vermilion Parish Sheriff's Office were arrested for separate incidents recently.
LeBleu Settlement Elementary, J.I. Watson Elementary and Iowa High School will be closed on Thursday so that faculty, staff, and students can support the Iowa High School baseball team at its state tournament semifinal game.
Two people have been arrested following a shooting in Lake Charles.
Drugs laced with fentanyl contributed to the deaths of over a thousand Louisianans last year, state health department officials said on Tuesday morning.
Two Acadia Parish men were arrested after getting into a gunfight in Church Point.
A suspect has been arrested and charged in connection to two separate shootings in Church Point.
Tuesday is starting very warm and humid across Acadiana with August-like temperatures in the mid-70s.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A local civil rights organization called the Village 337 held a meeting Monday night to talk about crime and other issues impacting the community. The meeting was filled with city leaders, including three elected officials, pastors and community members each hoping to find a solution to help reduce violence in the community. [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A frantic search is under way for a service dog belonging to a Lafayette teen with autism. The Freeman family says they are desperate to find their French bulldog, Remi, who has been missing since last week when he managed to get out of the home unseen. "He is not just a [...]
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) The St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office is asking people in the area and throughout Acadiana to be on the lookout for two runaway juveniles. Over the weekend, detectives posted information on the runaway teens: Bryleigh Landry, 14, and Tamia Clay, 14. Landry, from Franklin, was last seen at her home [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) A party at Heymann Park got severely out of hand Sunday when more than one hundred people showed up at the event which had been posted on social media as a "meet up." According to Lafayette police, three people were injured when shots rang out just after 6 p.m. Police said they have [...]
LOUISIANA (KLFY) A man from St. Bernard Louisiana has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for student aid fraud amounting to more than $74,000. According to the Justice Department, Robert John, 48, conspired with others to submit fraudulent applications for student loans and grants to two local community colleges, using the names of seven [...]
With another school threat taking place in Acadiana the question becomes "What will it take to prevent the issue from getting even worse?"
Lafayette Police are currently on the scene of a major vehicle crash.
The Louisiana State Board of Private Security Examiners reportedly named an unqualified former exotic dancer to act as executive secretary and chief administrative officer of the board after the former CAO was fired.