Louisiana

A group in Vermilion Parish has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to void the $100 billion deal to build the largest spaceport in the world in the parish.

Meta’s decision to build one of the world’s largest data centers in a northeast Louisiana rural farming community has made a group of shrewd landowners millions of dollars, but it’s also creating tension around who is benefiting from the sales as the cost of land there soars.

A New Orleans man with prior felony convictions was sentenced to life in prison again over a cellphone found during a jail shakedown more than a decade ago. On October 15, 2018, Criminal District Court Judge Franz Zibilich resentenced Keith Kisack to life imprisonment as a habitual offender tied to a single contraband possession count, capping a sentencing saga that has dragged through Louisiana's courts since 2014.

He’s been convicted of killing a man, accused of threatening at least one New Orleans judge, and he used a cell phone to send text messages from jail to Jason Williams, his former defense lawyer who is now the district attorney. Keith Kisack has led a “life awash in...

A New Orleans-area lawyer is accusing the district attorney in St. Bernard Parish, Perry Nicosia, of taking up with his then-wife, enlisting a DA’s office investigator to spy on him and harming his career with an accusatory email to colleagues at his law firm. In a federal lawsuit, George...

The Laird family from Youngsville appeared on America’s Funniest Home Videos last night and won $6,000 after a hilarious clip of their youngest son made the finals.

BATON ROUGE — The winning ticket for the final $1 million prize from the April 29 Powerball drawing expires on Monday. The $1 million prize has yet to be claimed after it was sold at a Jones Creek Road Circle K in Baton Rouge. The winning ticket matched all...

A Baton Rouge woman accused of pressuring her boyfriend to kill the father of her children has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. Hope Jackson entered her plea in August to charges of second-degree murder and obstruction of justice by tampering with evidence, stemming from the March 22 shooting death of Anthony Wesley Jr.

(The Center Square) – Louisiana officials are working to protect a Korean War soldier’s exposed casket at a Baton Rouge cemetery. State officials said the cemetery has lacked a license since 2000, and ownership remains unresolved. The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs said Tuesday that it was coordinating with other state agencies to repair the grave of Pfc. Samuel Pierre Jr. or relocate his remains. A brick burial structure at Sweet Olive Cemetery collapsed, leaving his casket exposed, a

Heritage Park is about to sound a little different this Sunday. Instead of a single band or soloist, two pianists will go head-to-head in an interactive, request-driven show when the City of Slidell's Bayou Jam concert series hosts Felix and Fingers Dueling Pianos on Oct. 25 from 5 to 7 p.m., with free admission for anyone who shows up.