There's an effort in the legislative session to increase the award amounts for TOPS recipients. It's held steady since the 2016-17 school year. Ruston Representative Christopher Turner's bill would increase state funding for the TOPS scholarship program by 50 million. Turner says the scholarship amount needs to be incr...

Today marks 15 years since the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill began off the Louisiana coast. It was on April 20th, 2010, that the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded, spewing 4.9-million barrels of toxic oil into the gulf. 11 people were killed and 17 others injured, along with a countless number of dolphins and other...

State Representative Larry Bagley is once again pushing legislation to eliminate the need for passenger vehicles to have an up-to-date inspection sticker. It's the DeSoto Parish Republican's fourth attempt. Bagley says Louisiana is the only red state that requires them. Bagley has confidence he can get legislative appr...

If ever there was a weekend to enjoy some tasty tiny crustaceans, this is it. "This is the busiest week of the entire season," says Laney King, founder of The Crawfish App. "So if you have not already reserved your sack of crawfish for Easter, go ahead and do that now." And crawfish lovers throughou...

The Ponchatoula Police Department issued arrest warrants for six men following a shooting at the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival that injured two teens. Police Chief Bry Layrisson says they received tips from the community. "We followed the leads. We had some eyewitnesses that we provided photo lineups for, and g...