HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) — A shooting at a Mississippi restaurant during a drug deal that left one person dead has resulted in prison time for a Louisiana man.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — After the problems suffered by the city's water system during the recent deep freeze, Shreveport Mayor Adrian Perkins said he is asking the city council for a meeting to...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former community college comptroller in Louisiana has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $270,000 after pleading guilty in what prosecutors...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Last year passenger traffic at the Shreveport Airport fell by more than a half, in keeping with other airports around the world that saw business plummet as the coronavirus...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — After three fire deaths in the last day and a blast of cold weather on the way, Louisiana's fire marshal is urging caution when heating homes.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Allegiant Air will soon begin twice-weekly service from Shreveport to Los Angeles International Airport, company officials announced.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man convicted of robbing a store where he worked has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

State District Judge John D. Mosely Jr. on Thursday sentenced...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A former airman has been sentenced to prison for the sexual abuse of a minor.

U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. sentenced Julio M. Gomez, 53, of Blanchard,...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The body of a man has been recovered from a Louisiana bayou.

Authorities received a call Thursday about a body that was seen floating in Anderson Bayou in Shreveport....

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

EROS, La. (AP) — Two home fires have killed three north Louisiana residents in the past week, Louisiana's state fire marshal said Monday.

A mobile home fire on Sunday in Eros killed a man...

GONZALES, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards — Louisiana's only four-term governor — is back home after a weekend hospitalized for tests that were not related to COVID-19.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards is hospitalized in north Louisiana for non-COVID-related issues, according to a statement from his family released...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — All nine judges in Louisiana's Second Circuit Court of Appeal have recused themselves from a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Shreveport and a late...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A major health care system in Louisiana is outlining plans to begin giving its workers a newly approved COVID-19 vaccine.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana high school football championships are moving from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans to Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, officials...

BOYS BASKETBALL=

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has been found not guilty of second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder, more than four years after he was arrested and charged in the...

LSU-Alexandria vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (2-1)

Cajun Dome, Lafayette, Louisiana; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns will be taking on the Generals of...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Confederate monument is set to be removed from a Louisiana courthouse. But, while it is still standing, it will be surrounded by written references to patriotism and the...

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Theo Akwuba and Dou Gueye each had 17 points and 11 rebounds, and Louisiana-Lafayette beat LSU-Shreveport 84-73 on Saturday.

LSU-Shreveport vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (1-1)

Cajun Dome, Lafayette, Louisiana; Saturday, 5 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns are set to battle the Pilots of...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The Vatican is considering sainthood for five French priests who traveled to north Louisiana in the late 1800s to help a population suffering from yellow...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's Southern University college system is boosting pay for faculty and staff across its campuses, under a package of salary hikes and one-time bonuses approved...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A state appeals court has overturned one of two abuse of power convictions against the former mayor of a northwest Louisiana town.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — One of the members of Louisiana's top school board is resigning, saying his job has limited the time he can devote to the Board of Elementary and Secondary...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana investment adviser was sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison for his part in a $3.5 million fraud in which customers invested money with a Texas megachurch...

Army has accepted a bid to play in the Independence Bowl, becoming the first team in the country to gain a spot in the postseason.

West Point announced the bid after the Black Knights beat...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A judge presiding over a lawsuit against a Louisiana city ordered millions of dollars of payments Monday to two companies for emergency work on a sewerage system....

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The next Bayou Classic, the annual Louisiana football game featuring Grambling State and Southern University, is temporarily moving from New Orleans to Shreveport in the...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A northwest Louisiana man suspected in two deadly shootings has returned to the state after his arrest in Missouri.

Stanley Goldsby, 33, is charged with with one count...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana business owner has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for filing false tax returns.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana constable is accused of repackaging impotence drugs and a steroid and selling them as herbal supplements called “Sex Assurance” and “Priority Male.”...

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Two former letter carriers in the same Louisiana city are accused of separate felonies involving mail they were supposed to deliver.

NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — A 136-year-old Louisiana university has set an enrollment record in spite of the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused problems in higher education nationwide....