BATON ROUGE, La (KLFY) - The United Cajun Navy received a $10,000 donation from former President Donald Trump to help the search and rescue efforts of the Seacor Power victims. United Cajun Navy founder Todd Terrell confirmed Friday that the former president made a hefty donation toward the rescue efforts of the seven men who [...]
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) -- St. Landry Parish School Board officials confirmed that Park Vista Elementary will be closing at 10:30 a.m. today due to a water line break affecting the school. School will resume Monday, April 26, 2021. If your child is a car rider, you may report to the school at 10:30 AM to [...]
The wife of a crew member on the Seacor Power liftboat has filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit in Houston following the presumed death of her husband.
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- The former Garden Plaza Hotel and Conference Center will soon be transformed into Acadiana Crossing, an affordable housing apartment complex. With Amazon opening in Carencro and a new medical supply company moving into Lafayette, more housing is needed in the area. “Lafayette is looking at positive migration of 5000 to 15,000 [...]
Millions of dollars of lawsuits are expected to be filed by the survivors, families who lost loved ones and the families of those still missing following the Seacor Power disaster.
Virtual Festival International begins tonight at 6:30 pm. This morning on Passe Partout, KLFY News 10's Gerald Gruenig spent the morning previewing this weekends festivities. More information on Festival International can be found by clicking here.
Acadiana will need to be weather aware later this Friday as another storm system will bring a threat of severe storms into Acadiana. Friday morning remains mostly quiet with only a few isolated showers possible as Acadiana starts the day cloudier and milder with temperatures in the upper 50s to lower 60s. The afternoon will [...]
UPDATE: DeRouen is now saying shrimpers can assist in the search more easily. He said the director of Homeland Security and the director of NOAA need vessel names and vessel ID information to give us permission to just tie turtle excluder devices (TEDs) and not modify nets. ORIGINAL STORY: PORT FOURCHON, La. (KLFY) -- The [...]
BREAUX BRIDGE, La (KLFY) -- The Breaux Bridge Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place on Thursday night. The shooting took place around the Skipper St. area. This investigation is ongoing.
A woman by the name of Lindsay Rainey made a post on Facebook on Thursday asking for donations to the Cajun Navy, and challenging people to wear white in solidarity with those lost at sea and their family members. The full post is below:
NEW IBERIA, La (KLFY) -- An Acadiana family of missing Seacor Power crew member Dylan Daspit clings to hope as the search and rescue efforts continue. It's been eight days since the Seacor Power capsized off the Louisiana shore, and seven men from the crew are still missing. One of those men is Dylan Daspit, [...]
