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Podcast leads to 4 arrests in 1982 unsolved murder of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp in Covington
44 years after 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp was raped and murdered in Covington, State Police have arrested four men in connection with that murder. Trooper Marc Gremillion says the February 1982 murder ...
Apr 27, 2026 ROXANNE SHARPE, circa 1980 (photo: Michele Lappin/Facebook)
Proposed bill would increase salary of Louisiana governor and other statewide elected officials
A bill heading to the House floor seeks to give the governor and statewide elected officials a significant pay raise. Harahan Representative John Illg is proposing that the governor's salary be 35% of...
Apr 27, 2026
Rinse and repeat: LSU loses in familiar fashion as the Tigers are swept again
For the third straight game, LSU took a 3-0 lead in the 1st inning, and a weary bullpen could not hold to two separate three-run leads, and LSU lost to Mississippi State on Sunday, 13-8, as the Bulldo...
Apr 26, 2026
Baton Rouge Police make arrest in fatal Mall of Louisiana shooting that claimed the life of 17-year-old Martha Odom
Baton Rouge Police officers have arrested a 17-year-old and searching for a second suspect in Thursday's fatal shooting at the Mall of Louisiana that claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl and wounded...
Apr 24, 2026 MARTHA ODOM (photo: Facebook)
At least one person is dead, multiple people injured in a shooting at the the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge
At least one person is dead after gun fire erupted early Thursday afternoon at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge as two groups of people got into an argument near the food court and started shootin...
Apr 23, 2026 MALL OF LOUISIANA, BATON ROUGE (photo:malloflouisiana.com)
Harahan Rep. John Illg's restructured outdoor balloon release ban moving towards final legislative passage
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. That's what Harahan Representative John Illg is doing with legislation to ban outdoor balloon releases. Last year, his bill to create a new law to ban th...
Apr 23, 2026 VadimVasenin / Depositphotos.com
Athletic Director Verge Ausberry's new contract approved by LSU Board of Supervisors
The LSU Board of Supervisors has approved a new contract for athletic director Verge Ausberry. Ausberry will receive $1.5 million by the end of 2027, and his $8 million deal runs through 2030. The for...
Apr 23, 2026 LSU Athletics Director VERGE AUSBERRY (photo courtesy of LSU Athletics)
Man who allegedly plotted mass shooting at Jazz Fest arrested
Law enforcement in Florida arrested a North Carolina man who they say had plotted a mass shooting at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The FBI alerted the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office th...
Apr 23, 2026 Christopher Gillum. Credit: Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office
Mansoor Delane, Garrett Nussmeier expected to be first LSU players chosen as 2026 NFL Draft begins tonight
The NFL Draft begins tonight at 7 p.m. in Pittsburgh, and several LSU Tigers will be waiting to hear their names called this weekend. One of them is Garrett Nussmeier. NFL Draft expert Mike Detillier ...
Apr 23, 2026
2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off today with a Jamaican flair
The 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival opens today. It consists of essentially two four-day weekends - Thursday through Sunday at the Fair Grounds Race Course. Despite the name, jazz is by no...
Apr 23, 2026
