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The Webster Parish Police Jury will not pass a noise ordinance on the Lake Bistineau lakebed as requested by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Doctors who steer Medicaid patients into specific health insurance plans could face heavy sanctions under an emergency rule the state started this month.

In the post analysis of the 5th District congressional election let's not forget that Vance McAllister and his opponent, Neil Riser, held nearly identical views on most issues.

For the first time in at least five years, retired teachers, state workers and school system employees could see an increase in their pension checks.

Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District looks like a wind-ruffled ribbon that curls from the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain through New Orleans, then up the Mississippi River to northern Baton Rouge.

Two-year-old Ryzin Thompson experiments with geometry and velcro during creative time at the Learn and Play Daycare Center in eastern New Orleans, Wednesday, July 17, 2013.

Federal appeals court judges Monday questioned whether the government has gone too far by searching the genital areas of Guantanamo detainees who want to meet with their lawyers.

The National Weather Service is predicting foggy weather and a chance of thunderstorms for the southeastern Louisiana area Sunday night and Monday morning.

A police force is prepared to give you a free Xbox One, but you'll have to help them catch criminals first.

For the first time in at least five years, many retired teachers, state workers and school system employees are in line for an increase in their pension checks.

A man who dozed off on a flight from Louisiana, awoke to find himself cold and alone on a locked plane.

Congressional District 2, as redrawn by the Legislature in 2011, looks like a wind-ruffled ribbon that curls from the eastern shore of Lake Pontchartrain, through New Orleans, then up the Mississippi River to northern Baton Rouge.

Authorities say a Mississippi man has died from injuries sustained in a one-car accident in Louisiana's Ascension Parish.

A lawsuit challenging heat conditions on death row as unsafe for inmates at the state penitentiary was filed during the thick of Louisiana's hot and humid summer.

He began his career in 1973 as a driver, and worked his way through the ranks as an EMT-Basic, EMT-Intermediate, paramedic, dispatcher, district manager and vice president of operations for Central Louisiana, before accepting his current position.

The U.S. Gulf Coast, home to the world's largest concentration of petroleum refineries, is suddenly awash in so much crude oil that prices have plunged in recent weeks and are no longer in sync with global prices.

You could hardly escape reminders of it during World War II. And over the course of decades since, Dec. 7 has meant one thing to generations of Americans: Pearl Harbor.

It's been 15 years since the "Future I-49" signs went up along U.S. 90 through Lafayette, and in some respects, the road project seems as distant as ever.

They killed 13 people, stole 100 cars and robbed dozens of banks, mom-and-pop stores and gas stations.

Louisiana State Police reports Highland Road is closed between Pecue Lane and Siegen Lane due to a major crash.