R.W. Vincent Elementary School in Lake Charles was briefly locked down Friday morning after the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office (CPSO) got a call about a possible gun on campus. It turned out to be a toy gun.
On April 8, Louisiana State Senator Karen Carter Peterson announced her resignation from the Louisiana State Senate after serving for 23 years.
The Humane Society of Louisiana (HSL) and a St. Martin Parish couple are teaming up to find out who's been shooting cats and raccoons and leaving their bodies in the Catahoula lake, and there's a $5,000 reward on the line.
The slap happened after Rock made a joke about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, making a reference to the 1997 film "G.I. Jane," in which actress Demi Moore shaved her head. Pinkett Smith has alopecia, a condition that causes hair loss. Smith won the Best Actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard" shortly after.
A local mental health organization recently received $25,000 from the state to help provide resources to people with mental health and substance use problems.
BATON ROUGE, La (BRPROUD) -- The second in command for Louisiana State Police was placed on paid administrative leave pending an investigation on Friday morning. The superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, Colonel Lamar Davis released the following statement: "This morning, I placed Lt. Colonel Doug Cain on paid administrative leave pending the ongoing administrative [...]
World Harvest Lighthouse Church was damaged early Friday morning after a fire broke out in the kitchen.
A video circulating on social media has grabbed the attention of motorists across New Orleans.
Large portions of Louisiana and Texas are under a "red flag warning" from the National Weather Service (NWS) today -- but what does that mean?
Jeff Davis Parish Sheriff's deputies are looking for an escaped work release inmate who walked off a job site near Roanoke, La. overnight.
On Friday, April 8, LSP announced the arrest of Lt. Chad Lacoste after an investigation connected him to the two crashes — one in Orleans Parish and the other in St. Tammany Parish.
Where did hammerhead worms come from, and how did they end up in the U.S.?
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (LPSO) is warning residents about a phone scam.
The Boeing 757 had taken off from Juan Santamaría Airport just west of the capital but decided to return after detecting a failure in the hydraulic system.
The Opelousas City Marshal is cracking down on catalytic converter thefts and this comes after thieves targeted a car dealership in the 1400 block of North Main Street
Lafayette firefighters say an improperly discarded cigarette caused a two-alarm fire at the Choo Choo Lofts on Lee Avenue.
There was a new testimony on Thursday, in House Special Committee to Inquire into the Circumstances and Investigation of the Death of Ronald Greene.
Photographers captured the moving reactions of President Joe Biden and Kentanji Brown Jackson Thursday after the Senate voted to confirm Jackson to the Supreme Court.
A gas station employee told police the man sprayed the stickers with a substance to make them harder to remove.
LAFAYETTE PARISH, La. (KLFY) -- A Tuesday night fire North of Scott is now being investigated as a burglary. Firefighters are also investigating it as a probable arson. Detectives have been literally piecing this together, starting with a thousand-pound safe. "A Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputy in the 1300 block of HWY 93 noticed a safe [...]
The man wanted for questioning in connection to the case of a missing woman from Lafayette Parish is in custody.