A bill to criminalize public camping and create “homelessness courts” in Louisiana passed its first hurdle Tuesday, despite objections from housing advocates and religious groups.

House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment kills a bill to let parishes vote on whether to have carbon ...

The event focused on listening to residents' wants, needs, fears and feelings on downtown's current condition, in order to ...

Sen. Jay Morris, R-West Monroe, is again championing a bill that would allow the Legislature to add additional unclassified ...

Their newest effort is an online exhibit called ‘ Faces of Fentanyl’. It shows pictures of all the lives lost to fentanyl ...

Gov. Jeff Landry and Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple are battling over a bill that would give him greater authority to ...

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The trial is officially underway for Phillip Gardner, who is accused of second-degree murder of 2-year-old Nevaeh Allen back ...

An 18-year-old murder suspect is in police custody in connection with a shooting at the Amazon Fulfillment Center.

A trial started Monday for a Baton Rouge man accused of dumping the body of a 2-year-old girl, who died after being punched, ...

Carlgene Nash 18, turned himself in on Wednesday and faces charges of second-degree murder and illegal use of a weapon.