Former DeRidder mayor Misty Roberts has been found guilty on felony charges for having sex with a 16-year-old boy in 2024 while she was the mayor. Pamela Sleezer covered the trial for the American Press and says the victim's mother had to remove herself from the courtroom because she was overcome with emotion when the ...

A statewide poll of Louisiana voters shows approval ratings for Governor Landry and President Trump have fallen. The Pelican Institute for Public Policy surveyed 762 Louisiana voters, and 43% approve of Landry's job performance. Pelican Institute Vice President Erin Bendily says Landry's approval rating last year was 5...

It's a game-changer for how Louisiana competes for major economic development projects. Louisiana Economic Development launches the FastSites program. Governor Landry says it's a program in which the state invests money to make sites shovel-ready for economic development projects. "We make sure that water lines an...

Louisiana is in good shape financially as work is underway to craft a state spending plan for next fiscal year, but Jan Moeller with Invest in Louisiana warns the state could see budget deficits in future years. Moeller says the reason is simple. "One reason is that state revenues have plateaued and are actually s...

A Tickfaw woman is behind bars for allegedly abandoning her eight-year-old son inside a Ponchatoula laundromat this past Sunday. Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson says people saw 43-year-old Jeanette Edmonds drive away without her son, and she was quickly located in Harvey and taken into custody by Jefferson Paris...