UPDATE, 7:17 p.m.: New Iberia Police confirm to News 10 that Neshana Collins has turned herself in. She was booked on a $10,000 bond and was in the process of bonding out as of this post. Police are still searching for Travis Layne. ORIGINAL POST: NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) -- New Iberia Police are searching [...]
(KLFY)- If Johnson and Johnson's vaccine is approved, it will provide another weapon in the arsenal against the COVID pandemic. Louisiana Department of Health Region Four Medical Director, Dr. Tina Stefanski, tells KLFY it could be available in Louisiana at the beginning of March. “What's been holding us back is that we just don't have [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- Gov. John Bel Edwards is asking President Joe Biden to declare a major disaster for Louisiana due to the recent severe winter weather event. According to a release from the governor's office, the impacts of the wintry precipitation and low temperatures, some of the lowest ever recorded in the region, [...]
CROWLEY, La., (KLFY) - Crowley Chief of Police Jimmy Broussard has been on the job for nearly five years working to stop crime in the community, but he's found himself on the other side of the law. On Wednesday Feb. 24, Broussard was arrested and booked into the Acadia Parish Jail. He is facing three [...]
All Floridians know the Atlantic hurricane season runs every year from June 1 through Nov. 30, but that could change in coming years as federal weather officials look to potentially start future hurricane seasons even earlier.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Gov. John Bel Edwards has kicked off Louisiana’s annual budget negotiations with lawmakers by suggesting a more than $36 billion spending plan for next year. He's asking lawmakers to use federal pandemic aid to avoid cuts while also steering new dollars to education. The governor’s state operating budget recommendations were [...]
UPDATE, 5:14 p.m.: Telesmar Thibodeaux has been located safe and sound near the Breaux Bridge highway, according to officials. The Silver Alert is canceled. ORIGINAL POST: LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Lafayette Police are asking for the public's help in searching for an elderly man who went missing after a doctor's appointment today. Telesmar Thibodeaux, 79, [...]
UPDATE, 4:10 p.m.: The male victim in this morning's shooting is being treated for his injuries and is in stable condition this afternoon, according to Lafayette Police. Spokesperson Sr. Cpl. Bridgette Dugas said the suspect's vehicle is described as a dark color sedan. At this time no suspect(s) have been identified. She also clarified that [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- St. Landry Parish public school students in the sixth and seventh grades who are currently in a hybrid schedule will have the option to return to daily in-person learning on Wednesday, March 3. Students in grades 9 and 10 will continue following the hybrid A/B schedule with hopes that they will [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Students at five Lafayette Parish schools will be getting their own refillable plastic bottles to stay hydrated thanks to grant money and a donation from Healthy Blue. The grant money, from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), has allowed the school system to install water filtration systems at Northside High School, [...]
