Louisiana News

Toussaint's album, "Songbook," is up for best Americana album. The New Orleans Advocate reports Toussaint recorded the album, which features solo voice and piano performances, in the fall of 2009 at Joe's Pub in New York City.

Nearly 7,000 Louisiana residents could lose their long-term unemployment benefits by the end of the month if Congress doesn't act, White House officials said Tuesday.

Sandwiched between a gas station and a liquor store, Nola Po'boy and Gumbo Kitchen is one of those strip mall finds that you hesitate to reveal to friends.

North of New Orleans, ambitious drilling plans in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale or TMS deposit--estimated to hold 7 billion barrels of recoverable oil--could be a windfall for some residents.

HAMMOND The National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Committee on Infractions has accepted summary disposition of the infractions case originally self-reported by Southeastern Louisiana University almost one year ago, largely agreeing to the penalties self-imposed by the university.

Louisiana's tax amnesty period, which concluded in late November, brought in more money than needed to cover the current state budget.

Sen. David Vitter challenged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to publically explain why he has exempted some of his leadership staff from enrolling in the ObamaCare health insurance exchange.

Governor Bobby Jindal and Bell Helicopter CEO John Garrison announced on Tuesday the company will produce its new SLS helicopter at Lafayette Regional Airport, leading to the first modern-era aircraft assembly facility in Louisiana.

Lafayette police are looking for the man who robbed a credit union in the 1400 block of West Willow Street.

Vermilion Parish Sheriff deputies arrested a Youngsville man after they say he stole a lawn mower from a residence located off of La.

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.