Governor Jeff Landry announces the state is very close to settling lawsuits against ConocoPhillips that alleged the energy company is responsible for damaging the state's coastal marshes leading to land loss. There are 42 such lawsuits pending and ConocoPhillips is named in 13 of them. Landry says coastal litigation ha...

An earthquake jolts Red River Parish early this morning. Rob Skoumal with the U.S. Geological Survey says it was a magnitude 4.9 that struck near Coushatta at around 5:30 this morning. "Certainly, thousands of people felt this earthquake. 4.9 is pretty large. We don't expect damage from this type of earthquake, bu...

Wednesday night was a special night for Ragin' Cajun baseball fans as UL Lafayette defeated second-ranked LSU 7-2 in front 5,700 fans, third largest crowd in school history. Coach Matt Deggs team scored three runs in the first and never trailed. "I'm just so happy for our guys and the city of Lafayette and our uni...

A New Orleans representative is trying again with a bill that would crack down on political messaging created with the use of artificial intelligence. Democrat Mandie Landry says a bill she's filed requires any image on political material created with AI that could deceive the recipient be clearly disclosed as such. &q...

A New Orleans-area representative wants to make it a law requiring companies to make it easy to cancel automatic subscription renewals. Gretna Republican Representative Vincent Cox's bill is dubbed the "Click To Cancel Act." "Say, for instance, you do a trial membership on a streaming service or anything...