Category Archives: Politics & Government
Pineville Representative Mike Johnson calls for a comprehensive review of Louisiana's laws addressing threats made against schools and colleges
A series of threats against high schools in Rapides Parish has those schools on edge. Over the course of the last several days, threats have been posted onto social media against no fewer than four hi...
Sep 30, 2025 Louisiana State Representative MIKE JOHNSON (photo courtesy of Mike Johnson)
Louisiana to receive $13.5 million from U.S. Department of Education to assist charter schools throughout state
The U.S. Department of Education is sending Louisiana $13.5 million to support charter schools. This allocation is on top of the $55 million the state received in 2023 to increase the number of charte...
Sep 30, 2025
Governor Jeff Landry requests federal government to fund deployment of 1,000 Louisiana National Guard troops to combat violent crime in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport
Governor Jeff Landry has made a formal request to the Pentagon for the federal government to pay for the deployment of 1,000 Louisiana National Guard Troops, who will assist local law enforcement in f...
Sep 30, 2025
Federal Highway Administration approves an environmental assessment for a new proposed Mississippi River Bridge south of Baton Rouge
The Federal Highway Administration has given the state the green light to conduct an environmental assessment for a new proposed Mississippi River Bridge south of Baton Rouge. Louisiana Transportation...
Sep 30, 2025
A juvenile has been arrested in connection with social media threats against Pineville High School
Detectives with the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office arrested a juvenile in connection with a threat posted onto social media against Pineville High School. Rapides Parish School Board member Willard M...
Sep 30, 2025
St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Deputies arrest murder suspect 10 minutes after the crime was committed
The St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office says it made an arrest ten minutes after a 20-year-old man killed a 19-year-old execution style and then put the body in a trunk. Sheriff Mike Tregre s...
Sep 29, 2025 TYLER BOURGEOIS (courtesy of St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office)
Governor Jeff Landry pushes EPA to expedite cleanup of Tangipahoa River in wake of Smitty's Supply explosion in Roseland
Governor Landry wants the EPA to pick up the pace in cleaning up the Tangipahoa River following last month's explosion at Smitty's Supply in Roseland. In a video posted to social media, Landry said he...
Sep 29, 2025
One bystander killed, three others wounded in shooting on Bourbon Street early Sunday morning
She was in the wrong place at the wrong time - a woman visiting New Orleans from Chicago celebrating her 33rd birthday is shot dead on Bourbon Street early Sunday morning. New Orleans Police Superinte...
Sep 29, 2025
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple supports the creation of a sixth category to rate the strength of hurricanes
You can count Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple among those who would support a change in how the National Hurricane Center rates the strength of hurricanes. Currently, the hurricane center rates hurr...
Sep 29, 2025 Louisiana Insurance Commissioner TIM TEMPLE
Former southwest Louisiana resident Choy Van Leo sentenced to three consecutive life sentences for rape, child molestation
A south Louisiana man, who went on the run for more than 20 years after raping and molesting several children in the 1990s, has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences in prison. Calcasieu ...
Sep 27, 2025 CHOY VAN LEO (photo courtesy of Calcasieu Parish Sheriff's Office)
