United Way Southwest Louisiana has launched My Free Taxes, a free online tax filing service for U.S. tax filers earning under $84,000 annually. The platform helps users file federal and state taxes quickly, with most completing their returns in under an hour. It includes guides for small business owners, gig workers, a...

A Baton Rouge man who killed his pregnant girlfriend and her two-year-old son reaches a plea deal with prosecutors. Three years ago, Brynnen Murphy, who's now 23, shot and killed his pregnant girlfriend, Kaylen Johnson, 24; and he threw her two-year-old son, Kaden, off a bridge. Murphy pleaded guilty to two counts of m...

LSU men's basketball team suffered through a losing season this year, but Coach Matt McMahon is trying to bring a winner to the Boot and has a much bigger NIL budget to bring in better players. "There's been a great investment in Men's Basketball, and I think we're really well-positioned, not only from a retention...

Construction is underway in Lincoln Parish on a 9-mile stretch of I-20. Erin Buchanan with DOTD says crews will be replacing the asphalt. "We'll be providing some repairs to the base of the roadway at certain locations, as well as removing all of the old asphalt and replacing, of course, with new," Buchanan s...

Louisiana voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have funded permanent teacher pay raises, leaving the future of educator salaries uncertain. Amendment 2 aimed to convert last year's temporary $2,000 stipends for teachers and $1,000 for support staff into recurring salary increases. Without its passage, ...