BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s wildlife and fisheries secretary, Charlie Melancon, is leaving his leadership post after a short tenure marked with controversy. “Charlie and I have agreed that we should move the agency in a different direction,” Gov. ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The special election to choose Louisiana’s next state treasurer will be held in October. Republican John Kennedy won last week’s runoff election for the U.S. Senate and will be sworn into office Jan. 3. His ...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The attorney for the man convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of retired Saints player Will Smith says they’ll definitely appeal. Cardell Hayes’ defense lawyer, John Fuller, told NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/2hwDLj8 ) that he will “map ...
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — Lake Charles Police Chief Donald Dixon says officers investigating a 29-year-old bludgeoning death have arrested a man who was accused of the killing in 1987 but then released. Dixon didn’t say what evidence led to ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU System President F. King Alexander gave lawmakers a bleak picture about the years of state budget cuts. He says faculty and students are getting poached by out-of-state colleges and per-student spending on the main ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A judge has thrown out an executive order issued by Louisiana’s governor that was aimed at protecting the rights of LGBT people in state government. Judge Todd Hernandez ruled Wednesday that Democratic Gov. John Bel ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Baton Rouge police say a 25-year-old man who had been seen “play-fighting” with his 4-year-old son has been arrested on a negligent homicide charge in the boy’s death. Defense attorney Ronald Haley Jr. told local ...
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COVINGTON, La. (AP) — The St. Tammany Parish government has received a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help improve water quality in the Abita River watershed. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/2hMP8D4) the grant was announced Monday. The ...
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BOSSIER CITY, La. (AP) — A northwest Louisiana woman is asking for help with her mother’s medical expenses, saying her mentally ill brother “brutally attacked” their parents. Bossier (BOH-zher) City police say $1.1 million bond has been set for 37-year-old ...
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SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A 24-year veteran of the Shreveport Police Department is now the police chief. Shreveport City Council members approved Alan Crump for the job with a 6-1 vote Tuesday. Crump has held the job on an interim ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards is in the hospital, and his third wife, Trina Edwards, tells WAFB-TV (http://bit.ly/2hshDX9 ) that he has pneumonia. She says he went to an emergency room one day last week, ...
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NATALBANY, La. (AP) — Louisiana state troopers are investigating the death of two people in a passenger car that was hit by a passenger train in Tangipahoa (TAN’-jih-pah-HO’-ah) Parish. Trooper Dustin Dwight says witnesses told investigators Tuesday’s crash happened after ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The remaining federal disaster recovery centers open in Louisiana to help flood victims are closing this week. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says the centers in Tangipahoa and Ascension parishes close Wednesday, while the centers ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany has dropped his defamation lawsuit over a book that alleges the Republican Louisiana congressman was involved with prostitutes who were later killed. Boustany sued the author and publisher of “Murder in ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s income forecasting panel has delayed until January a decision on how deeply to downgrade the state’s tax collection estimates. The move stalls creation of a new financial gap that would force deep cuts and ...
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