A Rapides Parish woman is convicted in connection with a wildfire west of Glenmora nearly three years ago. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says Carrie Willis was negligent as she was burning household trash on her property. "There was household debris and trash and limbs. The fire was set, but the lady did no...

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette athletics program is mourning the death of former basketball standout Dwight "Bo" Lamar who died earlier this week in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio at the age of 74. Lamar starred for the Ragin' Cajuns from 1969 to 1973 and was one of the best basketball players in th...

Since 2012, the only time of year you were able to catch a non-stop flight on Allegiant Air from Shreveport to Orlando or vice-versa was during the summer months. But Mark Crawford, the airport business and development manager for the Shreveport Airport Authority, says that changes this year. "For the first time i...

A growing number of school districts are moving to four-day weeks. David Claxton, the executive director of the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents and Administrators, says this seems to be happening more in rural parishes, and the biggest motivating factor is money. "They don't have a lot of income so...

We continue to get reaction to the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson. The iconic figure in our nation's civil rights movement passed away yesterday at the age of 84. The founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and two-time Presidential candidate advocated for the poor and called for an open and equitable soci...