Louisiana

Danny Keating, an attorney who was one of the masterminds of the Louisiana staged accident scam, was sentenced Thursday to 32 months in federal prison. Keating’s sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. He also must pay $657,405.34 in restitution. Keating was one of the most...

WASKOM, Texas — Bargain hunters and treasure seekers are making their way along Historic U.S. Highway 80 this weekend as one of the South's largest yard sale events returns. The Fall Historic Highway 80 Sale is underway now through Sunday, stretching nearly 400 miles from Mesquite, Texas, through Louisiana and into Jackson, Miss.

NEW ORLEANS — The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a red flag warning for several southeastern parishes and all of southern Mississippi. The warning is in effect from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday due to an approaching cold front that will likely bring dry air. Officials say a combination of strong winds, drought conditions and dry brush could allow fires to spread quickly.

Shreveport has shut off the water at another delinquent apartment complex. The mayor says its tenants are likely going to have to move out. The city turned off the water at the Sanctuary apartments in southwest Shreveport around 3 p.m. Thursday after the property owner failed to meet the deadline for payment of its overdue bill. Units in the complex now are considered unfit for occupancy under updated city ordinance.

NOAA favors wetter conditions across Louisiana as El Niño influences the upcoming winter season.

BATON ROUGE, La. (TCN) -- A man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the alleged fatal beating of his 92-year-old father. According to the Baton Rouge Police Department, officers responded to a residence on Oct. 12 to conduct a welfare check for an elderly man, Larry Salisbury. When they arrived, they saw him through an unsecured door and noted that he was obviously deceased. Investigators said he died of blunt force trauma, WAFB reports.

Conditions at a cemetery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, recently sparked outrage among veterans, service members and civilians alike following a series of posts across Reddit over the weekend that showed a collapsed burial vault and an exposed casket at the grave marker of a U.S. Army soldier who died during the Korean War.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The state of Louisiana is trying to iron out a few issues in a new program midway through the state’s first ever recreation hunting season. Up until now, alligator hunting has been somewhat restricted in Louisiana. But with an explosion in the state’s alligator population, Louisiana opened up a recreational hunt, which is now underway, exposing first-time hunters to a unique new experience.

A former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office maintenance man admitted Thursday that when he shut off water supply to a jail cell at the Orleans Justice Center in May 2025, it enabled 10 detained people to remove a toilet and escape through the hole it left. An attorney for Sterling...

Get your sweaters out. This weekend will finally bring some weather-related relief to residents across southeast Louisiana as a cold front pushes through the region and drops lows into the 50s, forecasters with the National Weather Service said Thursday. “It’s a good 15-degree difference. It’s very noticeable,“ said Hannah Lisney,...