The House Transportation Committee approved a bill Monday that would ban drivers from using a handheld cell phone while driving. Slidell Representative Brian Glorioso says a person behind the wheel more focused on their phone than the road is a threat to other motorists. "The data shows that distracted driving, us...

PSC Commissioner Foster Campbell wants to know why there was a 6six-hour unplanned power outage on Saturday, with over 30-thousand SWEPCO customers in Bossier and Caddo Parishes. SWEPCO Spokesperson Michael Corbin says that due to a directive from the Southwest Power Pool (SPP), the regional transmission organization. ...

Louisiana Tech's campus will soon be transformed with two new buildings aimed at strengthening academic success and research. One of them is the new Origin Bank Academic Center for Student Athlete Success. "It is a building devoted to giving academic support to our scholar athletes. They are students first, and we...

Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin have their first PGA Tour victories, winning the 2025 Zurich Classic at the TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Novak and Griffin finished at -28, one stroke better than brothers Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard. Players competed in teams of two; the first and third rounds were played using the be...

How it happened: Freshman left fielder Derek Curiel went 4-for-4 with 5 RBIs, a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, as LSU defeated Tennessee 12-2 in eight innings to win the series. Freshman Casan Evans (3-0) made his first start and after giving up two runs in the first inning, settled down and pitched six strong in...