BATON ROUGE, La (KLFY) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Agency announced a $1.6 million grant to the Water Institute of the Gulf for the development of a Lower Mississippi River SmartPort and Resilience Center. This federal award adds to $1.4 million in matching funding from the State of Louisiana and other partners [...]
A married Lafayette couple will be competing to win $250,000 in a new TBS game show set to start Thursday, June 10.
A Lafayette 19-year-old has died from injuries he sustained in an early morning crash Sunday, June 6 near the intersection of Johnston St. and Lana Dr.
CROWLEY, La. (KLFY) -- An Acadia Parish grand jury handed down indictments for three suspects in two separate, though related, gang violence cases today. Ja'Darius Simmons, 25, of Rayne, and Crystal Savoy, 39, of Crowley, were both indicted on counts related to the May 2020 shooting death of Emori Carter, 17. Carter's death sparked a [...]
HOUMA, La (KLFY) -- The unified command of the Coast Guard and Seacor updated family members of the crew on the salvage operations of the lift boat that are underway in the Gulf during a meeting today. Family members were updated on information from Seacor and the contracted Donjon-SMIT slavage team on efforts to remove [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - An investment for more than $240 million in capital improvements for ExxonMobil in Baton Rouge was announced on Wednesday, June 9 by Gov. John Bel Edwards and ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery Manager David Oldreive. The suite of projects planned are to: Improve processing capability, Increase flexibility for meeting market demand [...]
OPELOUSAS, La (KLFY) -- The St. Landry Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a couple on Saturday for elder abuse, according to a press release from their office. Alvin Jackson Kennedy, II, 42, of Opelousas and Lauren Marie Oberle, 39, of Opelousas were both arrested on Saturday, June 5 for cruelty to to infirmed and are held [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) -- Four Lafayette Parish schools -- Broadmoor Elementary, Ossun Elementary, Katharine Drexel Elementary and Woodvale Elementary -- are welcoming new principals, effective July 1, according to the school board. All four principals have been promoted from asst. principal positions, according to Public Information Officer Allison Dickerson. “All four of these outstanding leaders [...]
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) - Approximately $3,012,150 was awarded to the State Library of Louisiana through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). The ARPA and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) awarded a total of $200 million to State Library Agencies across the United States in need of financial relief. “Louisiana’s public libraries [...]
PORT BARRE, La. (KLFY) -- A 17-year-old was wounded in a shooting in the 300 block of Osage St. in Port Barre Tuesday night, according to Police Chief Deon Boudreaux. Boudreaux said police responded to the shooting at around 8 p.m. and found an "unruly crowd of people in the street." The victim, a male [...]
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) - Nearly half of American men will receive a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime. About 233,000 will be diagnosed with Prostate Cancer with the other top cancers being Skin & Colorectal Cancer. Prostate cancer death rates are decreasing annually, regular check-ups can detect cancer early, and lifestyle changes are your best defense [...]
A dashcam caught the moment when officers saved a 6-month-old baby who was choking on a cherry in a car along Highway 101 in Los Angeles' Woodland Hills neighborhood, officials said Monday.
OPELOUSAS, La. (KLFY) Another arrest has been made by Opelousas police in connection with a homicide that occurred last December that claimed the life of Darrell Wheeler Jr. Police said as the investigation into Wheeler’s death continued, investigators developed additional information identifying 19-year-old Omarion Beavers as being principally involved in the homicide. Opelousas man arrested [...]
UPDATE: Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue has confirmed with News 10 that Dajiyia Ardoin has been located and is safe. VILLE PLATTE, La. (KLFY) -- Ville Platte Police are searching for a 15-year-old girl who was supposed to be going to the movies with friends Monday but instead was seen getting into an unknown [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La (KLFY) -- This week marks the beginning of hurricane season, and officials across Acadiana are preparing for another record-breaking year. Over 60 different people from government agencies all across Iberia Parish and the state met in New Iberia Tuesday morning to make sure the parish is ready for this hurricane season. "This [...]
Terrebonne Parish, La. (KLFY) A Chauvin man who sheriff deputies say strangled his daughter, whom he had not seen in over five years, has been arrested on multiple charges including false imprisonment and domestic abuse by strangulation on a minor. According to the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office, 40-year-old Donnie Neil admitted using heroin and meth [...]
