UPDATE, 5:15 p.m.: Lafayette Sheriff's Office officials confirm that Pope has been released from jail. ORIGINAL POST: LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Former Lafayette City Marshal Brian Pope is back in jail this afternoon after the 15th Judicial District Court resentenced him, but there's some confusion over how long he will actually stay there. A Lafayette [...]
Gov. John Bel Edwards is set to hold a media briefing on Louisiana’s response to Hurricanes Delta and Laura, as well as give an update on COVID-19.
This week on Acadiana Eats, KLFY News 10's Gerald Gruenig visits Handy Stop Market & Café located in Downtown Lafayette. Don't forget you can watch Acadiana Eats each and every Thursday on KLFY News 10.
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- Hurricanes Laura and Delta have brought widespread devastation to Louisiana, but they are also helping hotels on the brink of shutting down. News 10 first checked in with the Juliet Hotel in March when Coronavirus restrictions began.Every room was reserved then canceled in one weekend. The owner, Lesa James had to [...]
(KLFY) Looking for a job? There are employment opportunities at the Acadiana diversity job fair. Dozens of regional employers will participate in the 17th annual event that will take place virtually from 9:00 a.m. until noon Thursday via the brazen online software. The software allows job seekers to create a profile and upload a resume [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) -- Louisiana legislators will revisit a state Senate bill next week that would nix a governor's power to veto an emergency election plan. The bill would task a 10-member commission with deciding how elections proceed during declared emergencies. The secretary of state would chair the group and only vote when a [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) David Alexander of Lafayette is outraged. Alexander says four trees from a nearby coulee along his Amanda Drive property fall into his yard. "This time I have four. My backyard looks like a jungle," Alexander stated. He says with the last storm one tree snapped and fell into his yard. He figures [...]
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) A sentence of 70 years was handed down to the man who crashed and killed a pregnant woman and her one year old son in Iberia Parish. Dylan Leblanc pled guilty to eight offenses related to the deadly crash in February, 2018. According to State Police, Leblanc ran off of the [...]
DUSON, La. (KLFY) -- Hurricane-force winds from Hurricane Delta nearly ripped a mobile home in half in Duson. "Oh my gosh. It's just unbelievable. I just can only imagine. I never imagined this happening to anybody at all," neighbor Dawn Lowenstein said. Lowenstein and Sunshine Jacobs live across the street from the home. Their homes [...]
A high school girl was hit by a pickup truck while crossing the road to get on her school bus in Lafayette Parish. The driver of the truck told police he didn't realize the flashing lights were from a stopped school bus. The accident happened here on Riceland Road, also known as LA Highway 719, [...]
Anyone with any information is urged to contact the Lafayette Police Department or Lafayette Crime Stoppers at (337) 232-TIPS. LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY)- UPDATE: The Lafayette Police Department is asking for the public's help in locating 17-year-old Rahiem Isadore who escaped from a Lafayette Juvenile Detention Center on Sept. 30. Isadore was being held at the [...]
