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May 7, 2024

With the Rolling Stones headlining, half a million attend New Orleans Jazz Fest

The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival drew half a million people, making it the second-most-highly attended year in the festival's history.

May 6, 2024

For a Louisiana lawmaker, exempting incest and rape from the state's abortion ban is personal

Louisiana Democratic Rep. Delisha Boyd's battle to exempt pregnancies that are the result of incest and rape from the state's strict abortion ban is personal.

May 6, 2024

Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger claims Louisiana governor 'trying to take us back to the Stone Age'

Rolling Stones’ frontman Mick Jagger called out Louisiana Republican Gov. Jeff Landry while performing at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday.

May 2, 2024

Louisiana teacher had sex with one student, sexted and bought booze for others: police

Louisiana high school teacher Alexa Wingerter, 35, allegedly had sexual relations with "at least one" of her 18-year-old male students, and bought booze for others.

May 1, 2024

Louisiana police clear out anti-Israel encampment at Tulane University, arrest 14 protesters

Tulane University cracked down on anti-Israel protesters on its campus Wednesday morning, with Louisiana police making 14 arrests.

May 1, 2024

New majority-Black Louisiana House district rejected, November election map still uncertain

A panel of federal judges rejected Louisiana's new congressional map, which made two of the state's six districts majority-Black. This state's map from 2022 was also federally blocked.

April 30, 2024

Louisiana will form a new city of almost 100,000 people after battle made it to state supreme court

Residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, have finally won a legal battle to create a new town called St. George after the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled in their favor.

April 26, 2024

McNeese State EVP is named Louisiana school's next president

The University of Louisiana System announced Thursday that McNeese State University's executive vice president, Wade Rousse, has been tapped to helm the entire school.

April 25, 2024

New Orleans Jazz Fest 2024 under way; Rolling Stones to headline next week

The 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival began Thursday, and the Rolling Stones are set to headline the event with a long-sold-out performance on May 2.

April 24, 2024

Bottlenose dolphin found shot to death in southwest Louisiana

Federal wildlife officials announced a bottlenose dolphin was found shot to death last month on West Mae’s Beach in southwest Louisiana; up to $20,000 is being offered for information.