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KAPLAN, La. (KLFY) — Former paraprofessional India Sysac was arrested after an alleged physical incident involving a 5-year-old nonverbal elementary school student in Vermilion Parish. The arrest followed an investigation prompted by a report on Sept. 21 involving student Kohen Prater. Law enforcement reviewed school s

On Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette, a small diner called Sunday’s still builds root beer floats, Italian cream sodas, and banana splits the old way, right behind the counter. It sits next door to the Lafayette Science Museum, and the scent of ice cream reaches you before the menu does.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KALB) - Pieces of hair and a few small hand bones of Servant of God Charlene Richard have been returned to the Diocese of Lafayette from Rome. Charlene Richard died in 1959 at only 12 years old after a brief battle with leukemia. She has been recognized across Louisiana for her great faith and bravery i

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KLFY) — The trial of an Arnaudville man for a 2019 murder has been declared a mistrial by the Louisiana Supreme Court. In a 4-3 vote, the high court ruled that the conviction of Alvin Jerome “Romeo” Lewis, of Arnaudville, in the 16th Judicial District Court be declared a mistrial and the vedict of gui

ACADIA PARISH, La. (KLFY) — Church Point man faces an arrest following the theft of automotive parts from a local business. Travis Christopher Cormier, 37 of Church Point was arrested and charged with two counts of Unauthorized Entry of a Place of Business and six counts of Theft of Catalytic Converters.

ST. MARTINVILLE, LA. (KLFY) — A crash involving a car and two sugarcane tractors claimed the lives of two people, officials said. According to police, the crash occurred around 9 a.m. on Sept. 28th, on Resweber Highway near East bridge Street. Solange Champagne, 25, was reportedly driving northbound while Stephan Cormi

That red light you complain about every day can actually be reviewed by Lafayette traffic engineers.

Buc-ee’s has set a date for its groundbreaking ceremony for its Lafayette store. Buc-ee’s founder and CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin will be in attendance along with local and state officials at 11 a.m. Nov. 9 to mark the ceremonial start of construction for the 74,000-square-foot store planned at the northeast corner of Loui

It’s looking like it’ll be a wet weekend across much of south Louisiana, and some outdoor events that were slated for the first few days of October are being rescheduled as locals brace for days of thunderstorms and potentially flooding rains. Weather forecasters on Wednesday said they expect...

In 1980, a Texaco drill broke into a salt mine under Louisiana's Lake Peigneur. A whirlpool swallowed 11 barges and left behind a lake 200 feet deep.