The ruling is the first among several lawsuits from coastal parishes in Louisiana that want the oil and gas industry to compensate them for carving up swamps and marshland. Local officials contend the ...

Louisiana's Northshore is just 40 minutes from New Orleans and is full of bayou charm. Here are the best things to do, see, ...

The preview was a very meta experience. Reporters boarded a Jean Lafitte Swamp Tour pontoon boat for a cruise along a cypress ...

All families have their secrets, that thing no one talks about. Maybe it’s an illegitimate child, divorce, drugs or ...

Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears will perform at the Acadiana Center for the Arts at 7:30 p.m. Friday. LIVE MUSIC: Cane ...

Father Joseph Kikanda of Immaculate Conception Church in Lebeau, La. survived a tornado by holding himself close to the ...

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Walmart is closing stores nationwide in 2025. Find out if Louisiana is affected and why shoppers should pay attention now.

In March, D.K. Harrell, a 26-year-old blues singer-guitarist from north Louisiana, signed with the world’s greatest blues ...

Louisiana’s culinary offerings are closely associated with its French, Spanish, African and German traditions. As a result, ...

Easter Sunday in Kentucky doesn’t have to mean the same old ham dinner. These nine seafood spots prove that fresh fish, ...

They’re now a sign of community, family, and festivity—but crawfish used to mean something very different in Louisiana’s ...