A Louisiana man who worked as a labor and delivery nurse is out of a job after he was accused of striking his own 5-month-old ...

On September 17, 2025, Bastrop High School was placed on a lockdown due to a report that a firearm was on campus. Officials have confirmed that the report was ...

Morehouse Parish is mourning the loss of one of its legendary athletes and retired Captain of the Bastrop Police Department, ...

Matt Reid, a Benton County deputy public defender, told the judge the local office may have encounter a conflict in ...

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MORGAN CITY, La. (KLFY) — What a difference a year makes. Last fall, KLFY broke the story that four out of five food vendors at the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Morgan City were selling ...

In the U.S., there are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native entities, according to the U.S. Department of the Interior. As for Louisiana, the state is home to more ...

ANGOLA, La. (AP) — Federal authorities purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the U.S. illegally to self-deport, Department of ...