3+ week, 1+ day ago   (743+ words) Changes made to the political system are usually motivated by self-interest. But that doesn’t mean the changes produce expected results. New campaign finance rules that Congress enacted in the 1970s and afterward were supposed to take money out of politics. Obviously,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) A Lake Charles 28-year-old died Saturday following hours of “extended negotiations” with police officers after he barricaded himself into a residence, Louisiana State Police said. Just after 10 p.m. on Saturday, the Lake Charles Police Department requested detectives from the…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (854+ words) Kim Mulkey doesn’t remember when she sat down with Kate Koval this offseason, but she remembers where. It was in the parking lot of her 6-foot-5 center’s apartment complex. Ordinarily, Mulkey wouldn’t talk to one of her players before she…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (378+ words) Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto on Wednesday announced the termination of a deputy who admitted using the department's Flock automated-license plate recognition system to search the license plate belonging to his former fiancée "several thousand times" over the course of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (245+ words) Don't feed these guys. A 7-and-a-half-foot alligator was captured near City Park over the weekend, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials said. Wildlife agents were initially looking for a second, larger alligator that had been reported at around 10 feet....