With king cake season in the rearview, it is officially seafood season. Samantha Carroll, the executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, said Lent is always a big time for the state's seafood industry. "Forty days is not that long, but we see the increase in the retailers and the di...

Like every other state across the country, Louisiana has a sex offender registry. Now, Chalmette Republican Representative Mike Bayham wants to create a registry for those who abuse animals. Bayham said the purpose of his bill is to allow those who sell animals to make informed decisions. "It gives people a little...

A Republican state representative has filed a trio of bills targeting carbon capture. The lead measure Pineville Representative Mike Johnson has filed is the Louisiana Landowners Protection Act, which would eliminate eminent domain for carbon capture projects. Johnson notes that eminent domain is an important tool for ...

A new Senate poll shows a very competitive Senate primary and could spell big trouble for the incumbent. The poll commissioned by the John Fleming campaign and conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling shows Fleming leading Julia Letlow and Bill Cassidy in a three-way race. Among 645 likely Republican voters, it shows Fle...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has drawn four challengers in his District Four race - two Republicans and two Democrats. One of those Democrats is Conrad Cable, a fifth-generation farmer from, appropriately, Farmerville. Cable says Johnson and his fellow Republicans have enacted policies that have decimated Louisiana farme...

"The Fighting Tiger," a documentary released on the SEC Network, highlights legendary gymnastics coach D-D Breaux and how she built LSU's program from the ground up. The documentary spotlights Breaux's passion for gymnastics, which dates all the way back to when she received a balance beam for Christmas as a ...

A 16-year-old is facing an attempted second-degree murder charge after allegedly shooting another teenager during a Mardi Gras Parade in Lake Charles Tuesday night. Deputies say a 14-year-old suffered a single gunshot wound to his arm and was treated at a hospital. Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Stitch Guillory says thankful...

Remembrances are pouring on for another civil rights giant. Dr. Norman C. Francis passed away yesterday morning at the age of 94. Former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu was a lifelong friend of Dr. Francis; he says while he could have been a world-class lawyer, potentially on a path to the U.S. Supreme Court, he chose...

A Rapides Parish woman is convicted in connection with a wildfire west of Glenmora nearly three years ago. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says Carrie Willis was negligent as she was burning household trash on her property. "There was household debris and trash and limbs. The fire was set, but the lady did no...

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette athletics program is mourning the death of former basketball standout Dwight "Bo" Lamar who died earlier this week in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio at the age of 74. Lamar starred for the Ragin' Cajuns from 1969 to 1973 and was one of the best basketball players in th...