The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee will begin public discussion on a new Congressional district map on Friday. Chairman Caleb Kleinpeter says several proposals were previously filed in case the Supreme Court ruled during the legislative session that the current Congressional map is unconstitutional. Kleinpeter s...

A 28-year-old Lafayette Parish man is behind bars after allegedly setting a fire that killed a 9-year-old girl. An apartment caught fire early Sunday morning in an unincorporated area of Duson. Two adults escaped the blaze, but fire fighters could not locate the girl in time as she died at a local hospital. Lafayette P...

One of the top athletes in the country has committed to play football at LSU and he also wants to play for Will Wade and the Tigers men's basketball team. Ruston High's Ahmad Hudson is ranked as the nation's top tight end in the country for the Class of 2027 and he's also ranked as the best basketball player in the sta...

Multiple lawsuits have been filed seeking to force the elections for U.S. House to proceed. Among them was one filed by 5th District Democratic candidate Lindsay Garcia, who said Landry was out of bounds in calling off the House elections. "Anybody who's read the Constitution knows that the authority, in order to ...

The Louisiana Legislature has given final approval to a $1.5 billion plan for coastal protection and restoration. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Chairman Gordon Dove says one of the highlights of the annual plan is a 94-mile land bridge from Port Sulphur in Plaquemines Parish to Terrebonne Parish. "W...