Acadiana is off to another very warm and muggy start with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Unlike yesterday, areas north of I-10 are seeing a few isolated showers this morning. Rain chances should remain at 20-30% throughout the day. The steamy conditions will continue as well. High temperatures are expected back near […]
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH, La. — A veteran St. John Parish firefighter has been charged in federal court with trying to bring more than 70 kilos of marijuana from Mexico across the Texas border. Michael Eric Moscona was arrested at a border checkpoint near McAllen, Tex. on June 17, according to a criminal complaint […]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — The coronavirus is changing the way Acadiana votes. Early voting in Louisiana continues until Saturday, July 4th, but results in from week one in Lafayette Parish show 75% of voters are not driving out to the polls. During the 2016 presidential election year, 2,487 people in Lafayette Parish voted early in […]
Housing advocates warn Louisiana is likely to suffer a substantial wave of evictions after enhanced federal assistance for rent and unemployment ends July 31st. Center for Planning Excellence CEO Camille Manning-Broome says due to Louisiana’s service based economy they estimate 69,000 to 132,000 renter households are at risk once benefits end. “Having a roof over […]
(KLFY) The United States Supreme Court has ruled in the first big abortion rights case during the Trump presidency. The narrowly-split panel struck down a Louisiana law regulating clinics by requiring abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. A Louisiana lawmaker is upset with the ruling while many abortion rights advocates call it […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Connie Bernard was indeed online shopping for nearly an hour during a recent school board meeting that discussed the renaming of Lee High School, a review by the 9NEWS Investigators revealed. Bernard has previously denied online shopping during the June 18 meeting, claiming […]
NEW ORLEANS, LA – The Saints won’t be short on talent this coming season, just take the Black and Gold’s offensive assistant coaches word for it. “I think one thing Sean, Mickey, Jeff Ireland and Terry Fontenot do every year is they go out and get the smartest guys you can and I think we’re […]
