CARENCRO, La. (KLFY) -- Move the Mindset (MTM) and the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) will hold a virtual memorial on Saturday, March 27 for an 1896 lynching victim in Carencro. Louis Sinclair, also known as Louis Senegal, was taken from the Carencro Jail, beaten and lynched on March 24, 1896. Samples of soil from the [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Save Them All, Inc is a non-profit that helps abused and neglected children by raising awareness about bullying, fighting against suicide and many other issues throughout schools and churches. Save Them All, Inc will be hosting a fundraising event March 31st 6:30 to 9:30 at the Palmetto Club. There is going [...]
PATTERSON, La. (KLFY) - Detectives with the St. Mary Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating a shooting that left one man dead. Sheriff Blaise Smith says the shooting happened in the Zenor Road area of Patterson just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday night. The Sheriff says they also received a call of a man wounded at the [...]
Cooler temperatures are in Acadiana this Friday morning as much of the area starts in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Also, central and southern Acadiana is dealing with dense fog but visibility should improve quickly as humidity levels drop. A cooler and sunny morning will be followed by a cloudy, warmer, and more humid [...]
DONNA, TX. (KLFY) -- Louisiana Senator John Kennedy is traveling to the border Friday to inspect the government response to thousands of immigrants at the Mexico U.S. line. He says it's the consequence of President Joe Biden abandoning the policies of his predecessor, but today the president defended his decision. Last week, the Homeland Security [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- A Lafayette man says not only was he wrongfully arrested, but he was brutally attacked by multiple corrections officers just moments before being released from the Rapides Parish Jail. He says the assault was so violent, he lost consciousness. "I'm just thinking, 'I'm fixing to die. I never thought I would [...]
WASHINGTON, La. (KLFY) -- St. Landry Parish Sheriff's deputies are investigating a shooting that occurred just after 8 p.m. tonight near the Town of Washington. Sheriff Bobby Guidroz stated the shooting occurred on the Veterans Memorial Hwy. just before the last city limits and there were two unidentified subjects were shot. This is an ongoing [...]
ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) -- A 14-year-old white male is behind bars after he allegedly made death threats to a group of people on Wednesday, March 24, according to St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux. The juvenile faces one charge of terrorizing. Following his arrest, he was booked into the St. Martin Parish Correctional Center [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (Daily Advertiser) -- The comedian whose satirical "antifa" Facebook events last year prompted a lawsuit from Lafayette Consolidated Government over security costs will appeal his efforts to dismiss the suit to Louisiana’s Supreme Court. Attorney Andrew Bizer, who is representing comedian John Merrifield in the suit launched by LCG last September, announced plans [...]
Davonta Verret is wanted for one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. HOUMA, La. (WWL-TV) — Police issued an arrest warrant for the man they believe shot and killed an 8-year-old girl in Houma. According to the Terrebonne Parish Police Sheriff’s Office, 23-year-old Davonta Verret shot and killed 8-year-old Treyce [...]
