A 31-year-old northeast Benton woman died as a result of a tree falling on her house when Beryl moved through the ArkLaTex the afternoon and evening of Monday (July 8) after making landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 1 storm
A federal judge has ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation.
The former Baton Rouge high school athletic coach accused of coaxing a student into a sexual relationship entered a tentative guilty plea to several charges.
Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), and Keep Louisana Beautiful (KLB) are working with local law enforcement to tackle the state’s littering problem.
A performance audit on the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement compiled a combination of reports and statistics on the background and effectiveness of its “D.A.R.E.” program.
As a legal battle ensues over a new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of exactly how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain unclear.