Louisiana

Fate Winslow was approached by undercover officers in 2008 and they asked where to buy some marijuana. He borrowed a bike, found some marijuana, and gave it to officers who then gave him $5. He got life in prison.

Bob Hannaford, the organizer of the annual Naughty in N'awlins swingers gathering wrote in a blog post that "If I could go back in time, I would not produce this event again."

Hurricane Delta is spinning across the Gulf of Mexico toward an expected landfall in coming hours along the U.S. Gulf Coast.

A New Orleans police officer is behind bars, accused of molesting a teenage girl while he was investigating a separate sexual assault case in which she was the victim.

Police in Kenner, Louisiana, say three brothers have been accused of raping a 10-year-old girl after forcing their way into a bathroom where she was hiding.

A man considered to be the nation's oldest living World War II veteran celebrated his 111th birthday this weekend.

The 17-year-old hostess told news outlets she was working at a Baton Rouge Chili’s last weekend when a party of 11 people arrived and wanted to be seated together.

A man dying of a brain tumor in Louisiana was honored in his favorite restaurant by employees, friends, and family, who sang him ‘Amazing Grace’ on Sunday, July 26.

Workers at a Dollar General store recognized a convicted sex offender accused of killing two teenagers and kidnapping a third — and locked him in after quietly escorting other customers out.

A man was arrested after video surfaced of him swimming in a giant fish tank at a Bass Pro Shops store in Louisiana. 

A pregnant woman from Baton Rouge passed away Thursday due to complications from COVID-19, but doctors at Woman’s Hospital successfully delivered her baby,

Floridians have lived around alligators long enough to know and witness the death roll, a defensive move by the reptiles -- usually seen when they are captured by a trapper. However, for some baby gators, it was to help chow down on a fresh pile of fish scraps. 

Using #PastorSpellStimulusChallenge, Pastor Tony Spell is asking members of his congregation and other Americans to donate the stimulus money they received from the federal government to his church's fund designated to help evangelists, missionaries, and music ministers.

The couple dropped off some of the masks Friday at the Austin Fire Department.

The coronavirus pandemic claimed its youngest victim yet in Louisiana on Monday — a baby born prematurely after her mother contracted the disease and was put on a ventilator.

Officials in New Orleans say the body of a person killed in the Hard Rock Hotel collapse that happened in 2019 has been exposed, after it was initially concealed by a tarp.