BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards has issued a state of emergency due to the ongoing severe weather impacting Louisiana this week. According to the National Weather Service, there is the potential for flash flooding through Friday across much of south Louisiana. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph are possible along with the [...]
NEW IBERIA, La (KLFY) -- The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect wanted for attempted second-degree murder. Christian Baez, 19, of New Iberia, fired a weapon toward a vehicle occupied by his ex-girlfriend, two other individuals, and an infant child on Wednesday night. An arrest warrant has been issued for Christian Baez [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police have arrested a man accused of causing a 16-vehicle crash in February on the old Mississippi River bridge in East Baton Rouge Parish that left a 13-year-old girl dead. After an investigation and review of all the evidence in the accident, troopers determined that Marlin Jordan’s actions [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 1 million people in Louisiana have completed their coronavirus vaccine series, about 22% of the state’s population, according to the latest health department data released Thursday. While officials hailed the benchmark, that vaccination rate remains far below the threshold that scientists say is needed to stop the uncontrolled spread of [...]
BATON ROUGE, LA (KLFY) -- The family of Opelousas Teen and LSU Freshman Kori Gauthier is asking for prayers after her body was found on the Mississippi River. Kori Gauthier's father, Levar Gauthier, wants to thank everyone who helped them reach the closure now have. Describing his heart as heavy, Levar Gauthier said his daughter's [...]
The U..S Coast Guard is dealing with treacherous conditions as they continue to search for the 12 missing crew members from a commercial boat that capsized on Tuesday.
The driver hit another traffic arm out of view of the camera. The traffic arms were both damaged along with the driver's windshield.
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) Heavy downpours Tuesday caused nearly a foot of flash flood water in areas of Iberia Parish. "There was severe water all over Iberia Parish. We had a lot of houses and a lot of calls. I mean a lot of calls," Iberia Parish President Larry Richard said. Some areas got over [...]
(KLFY) A family member has reacted to the huge community search effort in the past week for missing LSU student and Opelousas native Kori Gauthier whose body was located Tuesday and was identified by LSU police Wednesday. After volunteers came together to help find the missing teen for the past week, her uncle Spencer Gauthier [...]
PALMETTO, La. (KLFY) - They're still assessing the damage after a deadly tornado tore through Palmetto last weekend. A man who survived the storm shared his view of what happened that night. "All of a sudden I heard the sound of a freight train. My house was shaking. I heard my wife scream," said Barry [...]
Crowley, La. (KLFY) As COVID-19 restrictions continue to be loosened, businesses are beginning to return to normal capacity, however, owners say they are struggling to find employees to work. While jobs are spread through the community, some businesses are being forced to close early or shut down completely because they don't have enough employees to [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) – Authorities have confirmed that the body recovered in the Mississippi River on Tuesday, April 13, in St. John the Baptist Parish has been identified as missing LSU student Kori Gauthier. “Since Kori was first reported missing, the LSU Police Department, Baton Rouge Police Department and other law enforcement agencies and [...]
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Border manufacturing plants have weathered the ebb and flow of the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting shifts, testing employees and placing assembly lines in cafeterias to effect social distancing. But leery of outbreaks that could disrupt production and exports of critical components to the United States, managers at many of these maquiladoras are pushing for the Mexican government to allow them to buy vaccines for their workers.
