A body recovered from the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish has been identified as missing LSU student Kori Gauthier, police say.
Author: Ashley White, Lafayette Daily Advertiser
The mayor of a Louisiana city is suing the creator of fake Antifa events on Facebook
Lafayette Consolidated Government has filed a lawsuit against John Merrifield, who created a fake Antifa event on social media.
Louisiana officers fire 11 rounds, fatally shooting Black man; state police investigate
Louisiana State Police identified the man killed as 31-year-old Trayford Pellerin and said he was carrying a knife before he was fatally shot.
Daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator dies in plane crash on way to Peach Bowl
Carley McCord, daughter-in-law of LSU offensive coordinator Steve Ensminger, was one of five people killed in a plane crash on way to the Peach Bowl.
Ernest Gaines, author of ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,’ has died
Ernest Gaines, author of “A Lesson Before Dying” and “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” has died at age 86.
Prosecutors want black judge who criticized incarceration rates of African Americans removed
Iberia Parish judge Lori Landry has questioned the large number of black Louisianans incarcerated by the district attorney’s office
25 years after a newborn was found in trash can, her mother is charged with murder
Louisiana deputies never gave up on finding out what happened to Baby Jane Doe, who died of hypothermia in Jeanerette in 1994 outside a car wash.
Man suspected of setting fires at Louisiana black churches charged with federal hate crimes
The man suspected of setting fire to three churches in St. Landry Parish has been indicted on federal hate crime charges.
La. church fires: Documents claim suspect bought gas can before crimes
Authorities used surveillance video, debit card purchases and cell phone data to tie Holden Matthews to three church fires, according to court records.