May 28, 2024 Louisiana city names interim police chief Mayor-President Monique Boulet of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, named Capt. Paul Trouard as the jurisdiction's interim chief of police, according to The Advocate.
May 28, 2024 Louisiana bill to castrate sex offenders moving toward governor’s desk for signature A bill allowing judges to sentence child rapists to surgical castration may be signed into law by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry.
May 28, 2024 2 escaped Louisiana inmates found hiding in dumpster behind Dollar General store, 2 others still at large Escaped Louisiana inmates Avery Guidry and Travon Johnson have been captured after being spotted in a dumpster behind a Dollar General store in Hammond.
May 27, 2024 Louisiana deputies searching for 4 inmates who escaped from jail Deputies in Louisiana are searching for four inmates who escaped from jail Sunday night through a vulnerable section of the perimeter fence of the jail.
May 24, 2024 Louisiana classifies abortion drugs as controlled, dangerous substances after Gov. Landry greenlights proposal Republican Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Friday signed into law a proposal to classify mifepristone and misoprostol as controlled and dangerous substances.
May 24, 2024 USA Today newspapers quietly delete GOP senator's op-ed on trans athletes without telling him Several Louisiana-based newspapers within the USA Today Network removed a published op-ed about transgender athletes written by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La.
May 23, 2024 High schooler shot in suburban New Orleans An 18-year-old student was reportedly shot and wounded across from West Jefferson High School in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on Thursday.
May 23, 2024 Louisiana Legislature approves bill classifying abortion pills as controlled dangerous substances Louisiana lawmakers approved a bill that would reclassify abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as 'controlled and dangerous substances;' the bill is expected to be signed into law.
May 23, 2024 Speaker Johnson says new bipartisan border bill is an immigration bill, doesn’t secure border House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on concerns with border policy under the Biden administration and the fight for election integrity.
May 22, 2024 Companies agree to $2M payout in Atlantic oil dumping case Prive Overseas Marine LLC and Prive Shipping Denizcilik Ticaret have agreed to pay $2 million in penalties after pleading guilty to oil dumping-related federal charges.