Since last week's sudden resignation of athletics director John Hartwell, there's been speculation ULM is cutting funding to athletics. But KNOE-TV sports director Aaron Dietrich says he's seen the budget for this athletic year, and ULM has increased funding by $1.5 million. "Some of these budgets, it's a very flu...

A Caddo Parish Sheriff's deputy is on administrative leave after he was arrested for insurance fraud. State Police Trooper Eddie Thomas says a monthslong investigation has determined 50-year-old Frank Launer of Blanchard got into a wreck last April and did not have automobile insurance and then quickly obtained coverag...

Optimism is up among small businesses according to a new survey released by the NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business). NFIB state director Leah Long says federal legislation that makes a 20% small business tax deduction permanent gives small business owners more clarity. "They can count on that deduct...

Firefighters hope to have a wildfire burning in the Kisatchie Hills Wilderness Area in Natchitoches Parish contained by the end of the week. A lighting strike on August 3rd sparked the fire that has burned 1,500 acres. Kisatchie National Forest spokesperson Jim Caldwell says they are using various methods to extinguish...

The Vatican is considering The Little Cajun Saint for sainthood, as it's believed she has performed miracles. Charlene Richard from Acadia Parish died in 1959 from leukemia at the age of 12 years old. President of the Charlene Richard Foundation, Nanette Reiners, says Richard knew she would die at a young age, but ever...

Freshman year in college can be very daunting -and McNeese is helping freshmen make the adjustment with its new First-Year Experience program. Director Jacqueline Clark says the program offers support to more than 1,000 new students. "Helping them adjust to every concept that maybe is hurting them or stopping them...

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office releases a report that finds Medicaid paid nearly $10 million to healthcare organizations for 1,072 beneficiaries who were deceased. The report covers February 2019 to March of this year, and the review was conducted to further the goals of the Governor's Fiscal Responsibility...

Gold Brick Eggs and Heavenly Hash Eggs from Elmer Chocolate are a tradition in Louisiana Easter baskets. Now the 170-year-old Ponchatoula candy company has new owners. Elmer recently sold to Florida-based, Hoffman Family of Companies. Geoff Hoffman with HFC says they're not looking to change Elmer Chocolate, and the Ne...

After a 10-day delay, inshore shrimp season opens today. Louisiana Shrimp Association President Acy Cooper says the later start to the season is actually a very good thing. "They wanted to open August 1, and everybody was pretty much against it because we still had a lot of small shrimp. So they wanted to leave it...

For the second consecutive year, a talented running back from Louisiana is facing serious criminal charges, derailing their football career. Last year, it was Trey Holly, the state's all-time leading rusher in high school football history. Holly is still facing felony charges for his alleged involvement in a February 2...