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ASCENSION AND ORLEANS PARISHES, La. (WAFB) - Two district court judges in different Louisiana parishes have issued competing custody orders for the same 4-year-old boy, creating what a legal expert calls an unprecedented situation that requires legislative intervention. Kendall Hains is caught between two...

Too often, the economic benefits of New Orleans signature industries do not translate into opportunity or stability for those workers, particularly Black residents and women.

After selling out two years in a row, Big Easy Cruise will return in 2027 with a weeklong celebration of New Orleans music, food, and culture aboard the Holland America Line m/s Eurodam. The voyage will depart Fort Lauderdale on January 16th and make stops in Half Moon Cay, Bahamas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and...

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in coordination with Louisiana State Police arrested a subject for alleged illegal firearm and drug possession on Bourbon St. on Feb. 17. Agents arrested Talaska Demouchet, 23, of Breaux Bridge, and booked him into the Orleans Parish Jail for possession of...

If you want to get better at something, it's a good idea to ask an expert. So if you're looking to improve your fish game, the guy you want to talk to is GW Fins' Michael Perkins. Why it matters: Perkins has been personally responsible for butchering 300 to 500...

A girl on the cusp of 14 is not thrilled by the prospect of her father going out in public as a meerkat. Not even on Mardi Gras. Celia was even more mortified that her meerkat dad would be driving her and two friends to the parades: “If we get in a car crash, I’m going to say we were kidnapped.”

Beloved carnival turns 'environmental catastrophe,' now conservationists have a plan.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Louisiana humidity hangs thick over the lakefront this morning as patchy fog curls around streetlights and overpasses. Visibility has dipped in spots before 8 a.m., especially near I-10 and the Causeway,...

Music roared along the streets of New Orleans this Fat Tuesday, but even Louisiana knows the party ends when Ash Wednesday begins.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The CEO of the Louisiana Chemical Association told the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge on Wednesday that his industry must combat misinformation about health impacts in Louisiana’s industrial corridor. David Cresson said Louisiana’s chemical industry faces unfair criticism about cancer rates in...