Category Archives: News
Louisiana sets records for total nonfarm employment and total private employment
The state has set new records for both total nonfarm employment and total private employment, based on data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment is a lit...
Jan 30, 2026
Two middle schoolers seriously injured in a two-vehicle wreck in Thibodaux
Two middle school students, who just got off a school bus, are among the eight people injured in a two-vehicle crash that occurred Thursday afternoon in Lafourche Parish. State Trooper Henry Perez say...
Jan 30, 2026
Another blast of arctic air
Get ready for more frigid temperatures. LSU Health Climatologist Barry Keim says another arctic air mass moves into the state, and temperatures will drop like a rock later on Friday. "By Saturday morn...
Jan 30, 2026 Graphic is courtesy of the National Weather Service in Lake Charles
TSA to charge travelers without a valid ID $45 to get through the security checkpoints at the airport
Starting Sunday, if you do not have proper identification it will cost you a little more to fly. Travelers that do not present an acceptable form of identification at the security checkpoint will have...
Jan 29, 2026
Bastrop teen charged in the death of an elderly woman
A teenage boy is arrested in connection with the killing of an elderly woman inside her Morehouse Parish apartment. On Tuesday evening, 73-year-old Ruby Lee Peterson was found stabbed to death inside ...
Jan 29, 2026 Screenshot
Entergy: Some of the Ice storm power outages expected to stretch into Saturday
Some people in northeast Louisiana have been waiting a long time to get their power restored. Now, Entergy says they may have to wait a little longer. It says it may be as late as Saturday before it c...
Jan 29, 2026
Musicians of the Rockin'1000 come from all walks of life
One of the great things about Rockin'1000 is that it brings together musicians from all over the world, from literally all walks of life. Men or women, Black or white, gay or straight, young or old --...
Jan 29, 2026 Andy Chetta (L) and George Schafer
A new state tax credit encourages businesses to hire interns and have apprenticeships
Louisiana trails other Southern states in internships and apprenticeships for high school students. That's why the Leaders for a Better Louisiana are alerting businesses about a new state tax credit e...
Jan 29, 2026
Census Bureau: Louisiana had net gain of 3,300 residents last year
Louisiana had a net population gain last year. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Louisiana added about 3,300 to its population total between July 1, 2024, and June 30. "This is good (that) we're no...
Jan 29, 2026
US Senate race in the back drop of Washington D.C. Mardi Gras festivities
One of Louisiana's biggest political networking events of the year is underway in the nation's capital, as it's D-C Mardi Gras time. LaPolitics.com publisher and editor Jeremy Alford says there will b...
Jan 29, 2026
