SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – An amazing comeback was made this past weekend at the U.S. Open golf tournament at Torrey Pines. It involved a fan, not the golfers. Shane Sumlin, of Shreveport, and his son, Kasch, got to take in John Rahm's dramatic come from behind victory. The two walked the course for hours, enjoying [...]
LOUISIANA — Governor John Bel Edwards has signed a number of bills into law from the 2021 Regular Legislative Session, including one that would allow cameras in certain classrooms at the request of parents and guardians. Act 456 requires Louisiana primary and secondary schools to adopt policies for the installation of video cameras in classrooms, [...]
This morning, police tirelessly searched for 34-year-old Courtney Johnson on I-10 in Hancock County, Mississippi. After hours of searching, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office confirms Johnson's vehicle was pulled out of a watery area with an unidentified body inside.
ST. MARY PARISH, La. (KLFY) A 65-year-old woman was killed and her son injured in a drive-by shooting before dawn Saturday in St. Mary Parish. According to police in Franklin, the shooting happened just after midnight, around 12:20 a.m. Saturday in an area near Martin Luther King Blvd. Polices said following reports of a shooting, [...]
PORT FOURCHON, La. (KLFY) -- A diver who assisted in the search inside the capsized Seacor Power is exposing why he believes a better job could have been done. 19 people were aboard the Seacor Power when it capsized on April 13. Six were saved, six were found dead, and seven remain missing. This diver's [...]
Authorities in Louisiana say they intercepted a 40-year-old Florida man's attempted cross-country drug delivery.
ST. MARTIN PARISH (KLFY) - An elementary school in St. Martin Parish is on the chopping block. It's a requirement to settle a decades-long desegregation case. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Foote has ordered the closure of Catahoula Elementary, and found the school district failed to treat black students and black teachers equally, as well as [...]
A 92-year-old woman from St. Martinville has not let go of her vigor for life, and encourages others to keep growing and enjoying all that life has to offer.
LAFAYETTE, La (KLFY) -- This week, the Lafayette Police Department held their first Junior Police Academy. There were different hands-on activities and lessons each day of the week for the cadets to participate in and learn about the duties of local police. Local businesses provided lunches to cadets each day of the week as well. [...]
IBERIA PARISH, La (KLFY) -- The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office warns the public of a recent phone scam in which a scammer poses as law enforcement. IPSO recently had a case in which an individual in Iberia Parish received a phone call and the caller identified himself as local law enforcement. The number the call [...]
