Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Federal authorities are investigating suspicious letters mailed to congressional and election offices across the country, just two days after a package containing an unknown white powder prompted an evacuation at the Louisiana Secretary of State’s Office in Baton Rouge. The FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection...

The Bananas are coming back. This time, on a much bigger stage. The Savannah Bananas entertainment baseball team will return to Baton Rouge next year after visits in 2024 and 2025. They will play the Firefighters at Alex Box Stadium on March 4 before taking on the same team at Tiger Stadium on March 6.

NWS warns gusty winds and dry conditions could rapidly spread wildfires Friday and Saturday.

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - Gas pumps at Circle K on Voters Road in Slidell are wrapped up and out of service after a state inspector found water contaminated a fuel tank and several fuel pumps. On Monday, an inspector with the Louisiana Agriculture Department went to the station and tested...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Real estate agents across Southwest Louisiana say scammers are going to new lengths to con renters out of their money, and in at least one case, convincing a victim to break the law to get inside a home. Realtor Pamela Bell says it’s a problem...

The only attorney to plead guilty to charges from an investigation into staged vehicle crashes involving big-rig trucks on New Orleans roadways, called “Operation Sideswipe,” was sentenced Thursday to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Nannette Jolivette Brown sentenced Danny Patrick Keating Jr. to 32 months in federal prison,...

An attorney who pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging staged wrecks scheme has been sentenced to prison. Danny Keating, a lawyer who pleaded guilty to his role in the scheme to stage wrecks with 18-wheelers across New Orleans, was sentenced Thursday before federal Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown. Keating received a sentence...

A Gretna man is accused of misleading a Baker property owner into investing more than $100,000 in a fictional medical marijuana business he wasn’t licensed to open. The property owner didn’t learn the business endeavor was fraudulent until after work was already underway to remodel the building. Kyle...

A new WalletHub study ranked Louisiana's top 10 colleges and universities, placing Tulane University at number one in the state and 115th in the nation.

A Slidell woman convicted of fatally drugging a Kansas City sports reporter who traveled to New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl in 2025 will spend the rest of her life in prison after a Jefferson Parish judge upgraded her sentence under Louisiana’s habitual offender laws. Danette Colbert, 45,...