Louisiana News

Louisiana's Department of Agriculture says federal authorities have declared 28 parishes in the state natural disaster areas because of drought.

The actors who portrayed the brutality of American slavery in the film "12 Years a Slave" won the most nominations for Screen Actors Guild awards on Wednesday, giving the movie momentum in the run-up to the industry's top awards, the Oscars.

And, thank the Lord for Mississippi--which according to the 24th Edition of America's Health Rankings A , is dead last.

Police and school officials say American University's campus in the nation's capital is on lockdown after police received calls about a man with a gun.

Louisiana's congressional delegation largely remained uncommitted Wednesday on the budget deal that would substitute some across-the-board cuts known as sequester for modest increases in military and domestic spending during the next two years.

Louisiana's congressional delegation largely remained uncommitted Wednesday on the budget deal that would substitute some across-the-board cuts known as sequester for modest increases in military and domestic spending during the next two years.

Washington attorney/political fundraiser Charlie Spies wants to make it even easier for those with the financial resources to continue to buy elections in Louisiana to the increasing detriment of the rest of us.

A woman on probation for drunken driving in a fatal crash and leaving the scene has been arrested on probation warrants alleging she violated conditions of release by clubbing, drinking alcohol and staying out past curfew in the past year.

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

Sen. Mary Landrieu, the vulnerable Louisiana Democrat, tried Wednesday to distance herself even further from both Obamacare and President Barack Obama in the first television commercial of her reelection campaign.

A Texas man with a prior conviction for murder was sentenced last week after being charged with wildlife-related and other violations earlier this year in Caddo Parish.

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.