Louisiana

BENTON, La. – More than six years after a Bossier Parish man was killed and his body dismembered and burned, the man accused of his murder may never be mentally competent to stand trial. John Hardy Jr., 50, has been confined to a state mental health facility since January...

A plan to layoff dozens of New Orleans sanitation workers received a hostile response from members of the city council, who warned the cuts could make it impossible for Mardi Gras parades to roll and result in overflowing public trash cans across the city. During day six of the council’s...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - For generations, Chloe Historic Cemetery sat buried beneath briars, fallen trees and decades of neglect. This weekend, volunteers cleared a path through it - and found far more than they expected. The 19th-century burial ground, also known as St. Mary Cemetery, sits off Shane Road...

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SHREVEPORT, La. — An arrest warrant has been issued for a New York man following an investigation into more than $145,000 in unpaid water bills at The Sanctuary Apartments in Shreveport. The Caddo-Shreveport Financial Crimes Task Force obtained the warrant for Ephraim Feldman, 38, on one count of misappropriation...

A decade ago, New Orleans developer Earl Weber spent millions on a project that, at the time, seemed like a good bet. He purchased the former Musee Conti Wax Museum in the French Quarter and converted the historic Conti Street building into 16 luxury condominiums with a rooftop pool and views of the city skyline.

A proposed downtown Lafayette nightclub featuring AI bartenders and automated systems is headed to the City Council on Tuesday, with its owner saying he is prepared to follow whatever conditions the council sets for the business. Quintin Borel wants to open Plush Syndicate, a proposed 325-person nightclub at 201 Jefferson...

A Louisiana couple with their future ahead of them was killed while walking near LSU. Police have arrested a 20-year-old driver.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Pope Leo XIV made his first public speaking appearance Sunday (Oct. 18) since surgeons in Rome removed a cancerous part of his lung five days earlier. The American-born pontiff delivered his weekly blessing from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square and a crowd of thousands gathered in Vatican City.

Police say a man became furious when workers wouldn't serve him on foot, leading to an armed confrontation caught on camera.