BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov.-elect Jeff Landry, a Republican endorsed by former President Donald Trump and known for his conservative positions on issues like abortion, is set to be inaugurated Sunday afternoon on the steps of the state Capitol. The inauguration scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. outside of the capitol in Baton […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It was 2012 and Louisiana was spiraling toward a historic budget crisis, with public colleges bracing for another round of cuts that campus leaders said were chasing away students and shuttering programs. John Bel Edwards, then-a rural state representative, had had enough. He turned to a fellow lawmaker and said, […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mayor LaToya Cantrell along and fellow officials, joined members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Planning Commission to unveil a historic marker of King’s late wife. On Friday, Jan. 5, Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s legacy was commemorated with a marker that now sits on […]
A chiropractor has been suspended from practicing after a Louisiana medical board said he lied on his license renewal forms and had sex with multiple patients in his clinic. The owner of a chiropractic wellness center in Scott, Louisiana, is accused of violating multiple ethical codes beginning in 2009 and spanning until 2021 when he […]
The Louisiana Supreme Court has denied Henry Whitehorn’s request for an appeal of the new election decision made by retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Joseph Bleich and Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The denial comes two weeks after Whitehorn filed an application to the Louisiana Supreme Court to reverse the decision of the Second Circuit Court […]
The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy sector wants to make the Gulf Coast a hub for the rapidly expanding industry. Louisiana will be able to issue permits for wells that store carbon dioxide, a critical component of […]
A fatal house fire in Opelousas that left one person dead is being investigated by the Louisiana Fire Marshal’s Office. Just after 8 a.m. Dec. 26, the St. Landry Fire District #3 responded to a call of a house fire at 11000 block of Highway 190 West, according to a news release. Firefighters later located […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A personalized Louisiana license plate is raising eyebrows in Houston, Texas where one driver says he spotted the “racist” plate. “I was just stuck in traffic. I looked over because I enjoy vanity plates. I took a look at it and then realized what does that say? And it said, ‘LINCHN1,’” […]
A Democratic politician who recently won a Louisiana sheriff’s election over a Republican candidate by a single vote has been ordered to run the race again after a judge determined that a handful of illicitly cast ballots muddied up the results. The Democratic candidate, Henry Whitehorn, defeated his Republican opponent John Nickelson in an election […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has largely sided with two white Louisiana sheriff’s deputies in a lawsuit filed by a Black woman, rejecting her claims that they used excessive force against her as they investigated an allegation she had been riding a motorcycle without a helmet. Teliah Perkins was arrested outside her […]