The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's office is mourning the death of Sergeant Grant Candies. The 37-year-old Candies was killed early Sunday morning while deploying a spike strip on Interstate 10 as authorities were trying to stop a 17-year-old driver who refused to stop after another deputy tried to initiate a traffic sto...

The dream run for McNeese is over -- and in all likelihood, so is the Will Wade era in Lake Charles. The Cowboys could not keep up with Purdue, losing to the Boilermakers in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, 76-62. On Thursday, McNeese won its first-ever Tournament game, beating fifth-seeded Clemson. But they co...

The game Saturday night was pretty much decided when the LSU Lady Tigers arrived safely at the Pete Maravich Assembly enter. LSU scored the first 11 points of the game and was on cruise control the rest of the way, beating San Diego State, 103-48, in the first round of the NCAA Women's Tournament. Junior guard Flau'Jae...

A bill filed for the upcoming regular session aims to impose stricter penalties on drivers who block the left lane by driving under the speed limit and are not looking to pass. Alexandria Senator Jay Luneau says his proposal promotes highway safety and reduces driver frustration. "We've all encountered that at som...

Eight bridges in Louisiana are among 68 across the country that the National Transportation Safety Board identified as being at an "unknown level of risk of collapse" should it be hit by a vessel. It's part of a report that the NTSB released on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The NT...