Updated: May. 24, 2023 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The state treasurer estimates one in six Louisiana residents have unclaimed property.
Updated: Apr. 24, 2023 at 10:07 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The incidents occurred in Metairie, Pineville, and Shreveport.
Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Devon Distefano
The source of the leak has been confirmed as coming from BioLab.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 12:03 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
The driver was turning around at a residence near the end of the dead-end street, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office said.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2023 at 1:24 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Jeffery Istre, an oilfield worker, Army veteran and nonprofit founder from Kaplan, announced his bid for Louisiana governor Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 11:18 AM CST
|By KALB Digital Team and KPLC Digital Team
Leesville Police said involved parties have been identified and arrests are forthcoming.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 11:29 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
The officer was not injured.
Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 at 4:46 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
The U.S. Air Force Academy, where Brown was a football player, announced his death Tuesday afternoon.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 7:13 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Two possible tornadoes reportedly touched down in New Iberia today as a line of storms traveled eastward across Louisiana.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2022 at 10:12 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
All three had more than 70 percent approval.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 8:12 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Dozens of people have gotten sick from eating recalled raw oysters at restaurants in Louisiana and Texas, according to the Louisiana Department of Health.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 11:11 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Deputies later learned that the people were juveniles who were rolling the home, Sheriff’s Office officials said.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 5:28 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Houston authorities said the kids are in a silver Mitsubishi Outlander with Louisiana license plate 234EUF.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 7:10 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Authorities say the suspect has also been seen committing the same crime in New Iberia, Opelousas and Morgan City - as well as in Mississippi.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Apple snails are an invasive species which have become a problem in parts of Louisiana.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Smith was in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy whom he met on Grindr.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 5:51 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The daughter and niece of two of the prisoners released from Venezuela in a prisoner swap had some words for a United States senator who questioned the deal.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Beauregard Sheriff Mark Herford said bogus reports are being made at schools across the state.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2022 at 7:02 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Sabine Parish detectives and Calcasieu Parish deputies searched the suspect's home, seizing over 70 rods, reels, and rod & reel combos, authorities said.
Updated: Jul. 31, 2022 at 11:04 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Andrew McMunn
A couple from Texas have been arrested in Louisiana following the theft of diesel fuel from a convenience store, authorities said.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2022 at 12:57 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Calcasieu Parish deputies arrested the suspect during a traffic stop.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2022 at 4:57 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Andrew McMunn
Police say a Louisiana man chained his fiancée in the bedroom after her accused her of infidelity.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 11:43 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Family members told officers the child found a gun in the house and shot himself, Beaumont police said.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:47 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Officials: Contract worker killed while unloading trailer.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 11:25 PM CDT
|By Johnathan Manning and KPLC Digital Team
A missing Louisiana woman’s vehicle was found in Missouri as the State police continue to search.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 10:59 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Officials with Westlake Chemical have confirmed that there was an explosion at the Westlake chemical south plant.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 1:55 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team and Jennifer Lott
A Sulphur man was arrested Thursday after allegedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars while serving as treasurer for a nonprofit organization, officials say.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 1:31 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team and Gray News staff
Included among the illegal drugs was 170 grams of fentanyl, a potent narcotic that officials locally and nationwide have listed as a reason for a surge in overdose deaths.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 2:19 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Golden Nugget Lake Charles has announced that one Texas woman became the first jackpot winner of 2022 after winning over $800,000 over the New Year weekend.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 10:10 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
Scott police said when the grandmother’s back was turned, the man allegedly took the child out of the store.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 4:10 PM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team
McNeese State University will be staying in the Southland, the conference it has called home since 1972.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A Louisiana State trooper accused of striking and killing a pedestrian with his vehicle in Jasper County, Texas, in August has been arrested for intoxication manslaughter, according to Louisiana State Police.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 1:33 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The explosion happened at Westlake Chemical’s Petro Complex 2 Unit on La. 108 around 11 p.m., according to spokesman Joe Andrepont. The unit, used in the production of ethylene, was undergoing maintenance at the time of the explosion.
Updated: Sep. 28, 2021 at 3:30 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Madison Glaser
Six people were injured in an explosion at Westlake Chemical Monday night.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2021 at 8:37 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Both directions of travel on the I-10 bridge are being shut down for several hours after an 18-wheeler caught fire, according to the Westlake Police Department.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2021 at 4:42 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Louisiana District of the United States Postal Service announced Monday that most mail delivery and retail operations in the 700, 701, 703, and 704 3-Digit ZIP Code areas will resume Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2021 at 12:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Gov. Edwards holds news conference in St. James Parish.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 3:22 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
A 64-year-old crew member on a fishing vessel is in critical condition.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2021 at 12:48 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Edwards visited St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Tangipahoa parishes Thursday.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 2:48 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Hurricane Ida.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 2:25 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Helena Moreno tweeted that New Orleans needs a solution to power “ASAP.”
Updated: Jul. 23, 2021 at 3:15 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Ronnie Johns says he has resigned his seat in the Louisiana Senate, where he has represented District 27 since 2012, in order to accept an appointment from Governor John Bel Edwards as the Chairman of the Louisiana State Gaming Control Board.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2021 at 3:08 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has released its 2021-2022 hunting regulations pamphlet on its website.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2021 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Louisiana State Police is investigating a shooting involving an officer with the Lafayette Police Department.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2021 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The governor is expected to attend groundbreakings at BioLab and Port Wonder.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2021 at 8:46 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team and Jennifer Lott
A Cajun Navy volunteer says she was attacked while on the job in Lake Charles this week.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2021 at 4:47 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Approximately $115,500 in narcotics was seized from a Lake Charles residence on June 8, according to the Lake Charles Police Department.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 5:00 PM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says they have received a large volume of calls regarding the future of their lifetime licenses in the wake of the recent legislative session.
Updated: May. 13, 2021 at 5:32 AM CDT
|By KPLC Digital Team
Louisiana State Police have issued a Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory on behalf of the Basile Police Department for a 3-year-old child last seen Sunday, May 9, 2021, on Second Street in Basile.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2021 at 10:45 AM CST
|By KPLC Digital Team and Andrea Robinson
Authorities say a 28-year-old Alexandria accused of having sex with a 13-year-old Acadia Parish girl and encouraging her to have sex with other men for money has been arrested for second-degree kidnapping and human trafficking.
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