TYLER, Texas (KETK) - Defense attorneys for the former CHRISTUS nurse accused of murdering multiple patients have filed a motion to suppress interviews that he had with police officers. They claim that he had already asked for an attorney and that any interrogation of him should have been stopped. 37-year-old William George Davis is charged [...]
A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody, authorities said.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- As COVID-19 restrictions begin to relax across Louisiana, the Lafayette Economic Development Authority (LEDA) noted that March 2021 racked up the highest sales tax collections in the city's history for a single month. March 2021 collections topped the second-highest month in history -- December 2014 -- by 4.2% or $28 million. [...]
OPELOUSAS, La (KLFY) -- The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested the suspect of an armed robbery of Lucky's 190 Truck Stop in Opelousas that happened in December, according to a press release from their office. Landon Jimmerson, 43, of Breaux Bridge, was arrested and booked into the St. Landry Parish Jail on April [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) -- LSU is scheduled to hold its graduation exercises on Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8 at various times and locations across campus. The university will award more than 4,000 degrees during spring commencement ceremonies. These events will be held in indoor venues. Masks will be required at all times, [...]
Neville said he will continue to make more music and “may show up at a special event or concert down the road.” NEW ORLEANS (WWL-TV) — New Orleans R&B and soul musician Aaron Neville announced Thursday that he is retiring from touring. In a letter published on social media, Neville writes that the nature of travel [...]
ELTON, La. (KLFY) -- A train crash at the crossing of Bornsdall Rd. and US 190 near Elton claimed the life of a motorist Wednesday after he stopped on the tracks. Brandon Ortego, 42, of Elton, was stopped on the tracks facing northbound with no lights in his 2006 Jeep Rubicon, according to Louisiana State [...]
The Board of Supervisors are set to announce their decision on the next university president on Thursday.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- One of scammers' most common tactics is to impersonate someone you trust. Scammers claim to offer a great deal on your cable service, but it's really a way to trick unsuspecting customers into giving out hundreds of dollars in return for nothing. Chris Babin, with the Better Business Bureau of Acadiana, [...]
CROWLEY, La (KLFY) — The City of Crowley has been denied more patrolmen to its police force to address two growing rival gangs. The STK, or “shoot to kill” gang, and the RVC, or “roam village crew” gang, formed in 2020 over the murders of two teens. Authorities say before two years ago, Crowley didn't [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - This year, on Thursday May 6, 2021, Safehouse is participating in Community Foundation of Acadiana's SOLA Giving Day, a one-day online giving extravaganza for the whole region. Safehouse invites you to join the movement and help them reach their goal of $10,000 on May 6. The organization will use the funds [...]
This week on Acadiana Eats, KLFY News 10's Gerald Gruenig makes a stop at LA Heat in Lafayette.
NEW IBERIA, La. (KLFY) Iberia Parish school bus drivers are speaking out against the school board. They say the board members are ignoring their requests to discuss a higher cost of living wage. The bus drivers say school board members agreed to bring up the issue at Wednesday's school board meeting, though that did not [...]
EUNICE, La. (KLFY) One person died and another was injured in a shooting Wednesday in Eunice, police chief Randy Fontenot confirmed with News 10. He said it happened around 6:30 p.m. on Nimitz Street. When police arrived they located a deceased adult male victim, Fontenot said. The injured victim, also an adult male, was transported to [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) The Lafayette Parish School System approved a one-time stipend for all of its full and part time teachers and support staff "for the extra duties imposed upon them" this year. Eligible employees will receive the stipend through direct deposit during June and July, LPSS stated, and payments will vary up to the [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) Changes could be in the future for a board that helps revitalize North Lafayette. The Chairperson for North Lafayette Redevelopment Authority (NLRA), Attorney Shytishia "Sam" Flugence has an issue with House Bill 519. Flugence explained her disagreement with two aspects of the bill's proposal. Flugence says HB519 in the state legislature calls [...]
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KLFY) - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said during a press conference Wednesday that he will join President Joe Biden when he visits Lake Charles ON Thursday. Biden has schedules stops in Lake Charles and New Orleans to promote his $2 trillion infrastructure package. “I’ll be joining the President in Lake Charles [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KLFY) - When President Biden travels to Louisiana on Thursday, he will be looking for support on his big plan to get America working again, coming out of the pandemic. "It is incredibly important to invest in infrastructure in Louisiana and around the country," said Governor John Bel Edwards (D). It appears to [...]
Vermilion Parish, LA., (KLFY) - On Monday May 3, 2021, the Vermilion Parish Police Jury voted unanimously to request District Attorney Don Landry remove the parish as a plaintiff in coastal litigation. The costal litigation was filed in 2016 by several parishes. Former 15th Judicial District District Attorney Keith Stutes filed the lawsuit against the [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) An Iberia Parish grand jury has indicted a 52-year-old New Iberia woman on one count of second-degree murder in the death of her new born daughter. Arrest made in the 25-year-old unsolved homicide of Baby Jane Doe in Jeanerette The indictment follows the 2019 arrest of Sonia Charles in the death [...]
BATON ROUGE, La (KLFY) -- Gov. Edwards announced during a press conference that Louisiana's official driver's license app, LA Wallet, has launched a feature that allows users to access their COVID-19 vaccine cards digitally. LA Wallet launched in 2018 as Louisiana’s Digital Driver’s License App. It is available on both the Apple App store and [...]
