Sheriff Smith says seeing Tranq on the streets is adding to the opioid drug use problem. WASHINGTON PARISH, La. — It was a ...

Louisiana’s top health officials say public trust in medicine plummeted due to COVID missteps and that government should stop pushing vaccines. They argue public health must shift focus to chronic ...

Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here. George Washington Revolutionaries (15-6, 4-4 A-10) at La Salle Explorers (11-10, 3-6 A-10) Philadelphia; ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Louisiana ranks as the second-worst state in 2025 for mental health. Soliant Health researchers ranked all 50 U.S. states in a study. It examined their ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana parish officials who threatened to arrest and imprison an environmental activist as she attempted to speak during a public meeting did not violate her right to ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (NEWS 15) — Louisiana still leads the nation with influenza-like illness but things are looking better. Looking at influenza-like illness across the US, Louisiana has led the nation ...

A Krewe de LSU sign hanging in the LSU-sponsored hospitality suite at Washington Mardi Gras (Piper Hutchinson/Louisiana Illuminator) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington Mardi Gras is known as a boozy ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Record snowfall in South Louisiana disrupted travel plans for hundreds of state residents scheduled to fly to Washington DC early last week. But most arrived by Friday ...

The lobby bar at the Hilton hotel in the nation's capital is renamed The 65th Parish during Washington Mardi Gras, where scores of Louisiana politicos and officials have gathered Jan. 23-25 ...

Several parishes have enacted curfews. Curfew lifted on Thursday by parish officials. However, residents are asked to continue to limit travel on the roadways and only drive if it is absolutely ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Washington Mardi Gras is in its 76th year and kicks off today in our nation’s capital. These three pageant queens can’t wait to go. There’s just one “chilling ...