Louisiana News

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.

Editor's note: As part of the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor we are republishing some articles from The Times-Picayune of that week.

The Project Vote lawyers and plaintiffs who are challenging Louisiana over its failure to help public assistance applicants register to vote.

Judge Martin Feldman ruled in the case of Robicheaux v. Caldwell that he lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit because the named defendant, Louisiana Attorney General James Caldwell, had not actually denied the plaintiffs legal recognition of their marriage.

EPA assigns colors to each Air Quality Index category to make it easier for people to understand quickly whether air pollution is reaching unhealthy levels in their communities.

Louisiana ArtWorks, the $25 million art studio complex on Howard Avenue that for years has remained a real estate white elephant, is for sale.

US based banking and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase has warned its prepaid card users that personal information of about 465,000 accounts may have been accessed following a cyber attack on its network in July.

St. Martin Parish- Last night, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I investigated a single vehicle crash on LA Highway 96 near Duchamp Road which claimed the life of a St. Martinville man.

The number of people in US prisons fell in 2012 by around 30,000, the third consecutive fall in as many years: budget difficulties mean that states can no longer afford incarceration for every offence, and at local level Republicans and Democrats are, unusually, unanimous on the need to decongest prisons.

One of the good things about the glut of art at fairs is the chance to make unexpected visual connections - to watch sparks fly between artworks you'd never otherwise see together.