The Shreveport City Council has approved a 30-year lease of the Stageworks of Louisiana building to Curtis "50 cent" Jackson. The former expo hall will serve as a studio for film and television production G-Unite Films and Television. Council member Jim Taliaferro says the now vacant building will be a hub f...

While some people are ramping up their outrage over the inadvertent inclusion of a reporter for The Atlantic in a group text in which top cabinet members were plotting military action against Yemen, Senator Bill Cassidy appears to be downplaying the controversy. "This shouldn't have been done, but the President st...

Former four-term Louisiana U.S. Senator J Bennett Johnston has passed away at the age of 92. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat was Johnston's executive assistant in charge of Louisiana political operations and says the Democrat worked with Democrats and Republicans to bring back federal dollars to Louisiana. "He r...

How honest are restaurants when it comes to disclosing where their shrimp comes from? A new report from SEAD Consulting shows Louisiana is actually doing quite well -- except for one city. The firm says they found a relatively small percentage of Louisiana restaurants being dishonest about where their shrimp is coming ...

Starting April 5th, Mega Millions will see Mega changes. Kimberly Chopin with the Louisiana Lottery says Mega Millions will have a higher starting jackpot, improved odds, a built-in prize multiplier, and no break-even prizes. "So now people will instead of getting a base prize can get two, three, four, five, and ...

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries agents have cited an Abbeville man for allegedly killing a black bear in Vermilion Parish. Corporal Derek Logan says 50-year-old Shannon Parker shot the 10-year-old female weighing 200 pounds. "We figured out that it was probably one shooter. We met him at his house a...

The Louisiana Department of Transportation has completed a 2.5-million-dollar project, installing 28 new closed-circuit television cameras along I-10 from Lake Charles to Scott. John Guidroz with DOTD says these cameras are connected to the state agency's main fiber network, expanding public access to live-stream traff...

For the third year in a row, the Lady Tigers are headed to the Sweet 16. LSU used a very strong third quarter to blow by LSU, 101-71, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Florida State kept it close throughout the first half - in fact, the Lady Tigers led by only one at halftime, 50-49. Head Coach Kim Mulkey was...

A major announcement by Hyundai - the first steel plant it's building in North America will be going up in Ascension Parish. President Trump made the announcement at the White House. "Hyundai will be building a brand new steel plant in Louisiana, which will produce more than 2.7 million metric tons of steel a year...

The U-S Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether Louisiana's Congressional map is constitutional. The Louisiana Attorney General's Office defended the map approved in 2024 that features two Black majority districts for the first time. Solicitor General Ben Aguinaga says they were told by federal judges a second m...