R&B singer Clarence "Frogman" Henry, best known for his 1956 hit "Ain't Got No Home," died Sunday night, with the cause currently unreported. He was 87 years old.
The U.S. is expecting an invasion of noisy mating cicadas in the coming weeks, which will pose nuisance for some gardeners and an opportunity for others like anglers.
Six Louisiana Democrats bucked their party line on Monday by supporting a universal school choice bill, setting the state up to join the wave of red states who passed the measure.
Joseph Washington was attacked Thursday in a New Orleans courtroom by relatives of his three children, whom he had pleaded guilty to murdering in an October arson attack.
Randal Gaines, a 68-year-old former Louisiana state representative, was selected Saturday as the next head of the deep-red Pelican State's Democratic Party.
Debate rages over whether LA's new congressional district map is racially or politically motivated after a judge ruled the previous map violated the Voting Rights Act.
Thousands of people who helped clean up after the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico say they got sick. A settlement aimed at compensation has fallen short of expectations.
The upcoming emergence of trillions of periodical cicadas is not just a nuisance but also an opportunity for culinary exploration, according to some in New Orleans.
Louisiana authorities on Monday arrested David Hernandez, 49, in connection with his estranged wife Lisa Hernandez's murder. David is accused of stalking Lisa before killing her.
Tabasco, founded in Avery Island, Louisiana, in 1868, is one of the world's most popular hot sauces. It was conceived by an Irish-American banker amid privation that followed the Civil War.
Federal wildlife officials announced a bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death last month on West Maeβs Beach in southwest Louisiana; up to $20,000 is being offered for information.
The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival began Thursday, and the Rolling Stones are set to headline the event with a long-sold-out performance on May 2.
The University of Louisiana System announced Thursday that McNeese State University's executive vice president, Wade Rousse, has been tapped to helm the entire school.
Residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have finally won a legal battle to create a new town called St. George after the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in their favor.
A panel of federal judges rejected Louisiana's new congressional map, which made two of the state's six districts majority-Black. This state's map from 2022 was also federally blocked.
Louisiana high school teacher Alexa Wingerter, 35, allegedly had sexual relations with "at least one" of her 18-year-old male students, and bought booze for others.
Rolling Stonesβ frontman Mick Jagger called out Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry while performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday.
Louisiana Democratic Rep. Delisha Boyd's battle to exempt pregnancies that are the result of incest and rape from the state's strict abortion ban is personal.