Queen Latifah's latest rap album drops in August
Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project — her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August.
Opelousas' Orphan Train Museum moves forward
Work on Opelousas' Orphan Train Museum, set to formally open in October, is moving full steam ahead — so well that the museum may be able to hold a soft opening in the near future.
Terrebonne library showing Barbie collection
Terrebonne Parish resident Cherie Mahaffey says its hard to keep her temptations in check.
Patient, former inmate write of life in Carville
Driving the River Road to the National Hansen's Disease Museum in Carville, it is easy to get lost in time. That green levee, those majestic oaks are the stuff of a vintage, timeless Louisiana landscape. Closer to present memory, though, is the Louisiana National Guard installation, with its post-Katrina and Rita trailers, its young soldiers training in the summer sun, its signs for the Job Corps and the Youth Corps.
Local documentary about Haynesville Shale
For seven months, Gregory Kallenberg has been crafting a big story from inside a little executive suite in downtown Shreveport.
Louisiana Lottery results
Here are the winning numbers selected Friday in the Louisiana Lottery:
Police make arrest in Canal Street hotel shooting
New Orleans police said they've made an arrest in this week's shooting death of a woman at a Canal Street hotel.
Essence Fest celebrates black music, culture
Queen Latifah dropped by the Essence Music Festival on Friday to help celebrate its 15th year of uplifting and empowering the African-American community through issues-filled seminars by day and high-powered musical performances by night.
Authorities arrest 4 in church investigation
Four people have been arrested in connection with what authorities said were homemade bombs left at two southwest Louisiana churches.
Sloop back at birthplace in Mississippi
People who knew Albert Baldwin Wood said he had one great love, a 30-foot sloop called the Nydia (nih-de-yuh).
Tracker shows dryness in parts of La., Miss.
An area of moderate drought has spread further west across south Louisiana. And abnormally dry conditions have extended further north in neighboring Mississippi.
Children learn the play of their ancestors
On an afternoon with the mercury at 95 and no rain in sight, a group of boys and girls was playing the way children used to play in the summers before television and computers.
Police: Someone taking La. pump station batteries
Dozens of batteries have been stolen from Terrebonne Parish pumping stations since April, thefts that officials say increase the risk of flooding to communities during hurricane season and even heavy downpours.
Environmental groups, firm agree in mercury suit
Environmental groups have settled a lawsuit with a Texas-based company that they alleged used gas well meters that leaked mercury in north Louisiana.
Hancock names new chairman
Gulf Coast businessman James B. "Jim" Estabrook Jr. has been named chairman of the board of Hancock Holding Co., the parent of Hancock Bank.
