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December 14, 2022
Judge Dana Douglas has made history as the first Black woman to serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of…
December 11, 2022
The Public Service Commission consists of three Republicans and two Democrats, including Lewis, in a reliably red state.
Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band
December 8, 2022
Dylan Young, Brody Moore and Tyran Williams, driving to Texas, were struck changing a tire after their jeep caught a…
Derrick Kittling
November 22, 2022
The officer-involved shooting death of Derrick Kittling, a Black man pulled over in a traffic stop, has sparked protests in…
St. Tammany Parish Louisiana Sheriff's Office
November 15, 2022
A judge threw out most of the claims brought against Louisiana's St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office by two Black men…
November 15, 2022
A Louisiana grand jury began hearing evidence Monday in the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.
November 9, 2022
Velma Hendrix, the incumbent mayor of a small Lousiana town, died in a car crash on Election Day on Tuesday.
October 22, 2022
The Louisiana Supreme Court disbarred former state Sen. Karen Peterson months after resigning her seat and pleading guilty to wire…
Multiple Shooting On Chicago's South Side Kills One, Injures Others
October 21, 2022
Nine people were injured early Friday during a shooting at a fraternity house outside of Southern University in Baton Rouge,…
Rev. Charles Southall III, New Orleans
October 19, 2022
Rev. Charles Southall III of New Orleans has pleaded guilty to money laundering after defrauding his church and parishioners of…
October 15, 2022
The smaller police force and a shortage of other municipal workers led City Hall to cut blocks from the parades…
October 14, 2022
The New Orleans street where one of the founders of rock ‘n’ roll spent most of his life is being…
October 14, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of…
October 10, 2022
One week after his best performance his season, Rashaad Penny was forced from Sunday's game against the New Orleans Saints.
Stanley Crosby
September 26, 2022
Stanley Crosby, a Louisiana educator who repeatedly risked his job to advocate for his students, will soon have a library…
Plastics complex in St. James Parish
September 15, 2022
New Orleans environmentalists and community organizations called Wednesday's decision by Judge Trudy White a huge victory.
September 13, 2022
A police informant's handlers left her undercover on her own and unprotected in a drug sting — and the devices…
Prisoners organ donation -- Michael Lewis Georgia
September 9, 2022
A Louisiana man imprisoned for nearly four decades until conviction in a 1979 rape was thrown out in 2018 is…
September 6, 2022
Bridges, a 6-year-old first-grader, walked past jeering crowds of whites and racially segregated schools in New Orleans in 1960.
Judge Wooden gavel on the table of judge with american flag and black chair
August 29, 2022
A New Orleans criminal court judge denies accusations by her former clerk, which include her use of racist language.