Tag: Louisiana

NEW ORLEANS — A record eight whooping crane chicks have taken wing in Louisiana after hatching in the wild. It’s not just a state record for fledglings of the world’s ...

A Louisiana state official was arrested Tuesday for allegedly buying drugs from a dealer who was being sought by authorities, police said. Bridgette Hull, head of the Louisiana State Board ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association Awards nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu — whose early, lonely stand against segregationists in the Louisiana legislature launched a political career at the forefront of sweeping ...

A baggage handler at a New Orleans airport was killed when her hair got tangled in the machinery of a belt loader, officials said Wednesday. The freak accident happened as ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A pregnant Louisiana woman who was denied an abortion — even though her fetus has a rare and fatal condition — demanded on Friday that Gov. ...

Edward Buckles, Jr. was 13 when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and completely upended his life. Buckles and his family moved from New Orleans to Lafayette, Louisiana for several months ...

A Louisiana commission is withholding approval of New Orleans flood control funds over city officials’ opposition to the state’s strict abortion ban. The Louisiana State Bond Commission has twice voted ...

Two people have reportedly died after eating raw oysters that were caught in Louisiana waters. Rodney Jackson of Dallas, a 55-year-old Air Force veteran purchased oysters from a seafood market in Florida ...

A species of endangered sea turtles were discovered nesting this summer on the beaches of Louisiana’s Chandeleur Islands for the first time in 75 years. The tiny Kemp’s ridley turtles ...