Volunteers at Louisiana's 988 Helpline get an increase in the volume of calls and texts coming in during periods of brutally hot weather conditions. Sherrod Crespo with Via Link, the nonprofit which operates the 988 Helpline, says the fact that people normally get less sleep in hot conditions has a lot to do with it. &...

The Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office has arrested a former substitute teacher for allegedly triggering false active shooter alerts. Corporal Vincent Jackson says 58-year-old Lytonja Barfield used the school district's emergency management system to falsely report active shooter alerts at several schools. "She got on ...

Louisiana public health officials are urging residents to take precautions when swimming in fresh water after a brain-eating amoeba infection in Claiborne Parish. Willis Knighton Health pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Joseph Bocchini says the infection occurs when water containing the amoeba gets up your no...

For the first time ever, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is holding a recreational alligator hunting season, and the lottery for tags opened this morning. LDWF Secretary Tyler Bosworth says the state is able to open up the harvesting of alligators to recreational hunters thanks to an act of legislatu...

We have our first poll in the U.S. Senate general election matchup between Republican Julia Letlow and Democrat Jamie Davis, and the numbers may surprise you. The poll conducted by Public Policy Polling shows Letlow leading Davis by just four points, 41 to 37%, with 22% undecided. LSU political science professor Robert...