Livingston Parish deputy awarded for heroism by Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association

Staff Report LIVINGSTON — A Livingston Parish sheriff’s deputy who helped save three lives in less than 30 days has been honored with the 2024 Deputy Valor Award from the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association, officials announced this week. Deputy Gregory Brant …

Governor Landry replaces Southeast Louisiana flood board president amid internal tension

Governor Jeff Landry has replaced Roy Carubba with Peter Vicari as president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East. NEW ORLEANS — Governor Jeff Landry has ousted Roy Carubba as president of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection …

Say It Ain't So - Louisiana's Worst Fear is Here

(KMDL-FM) If we're speaking in general terms, the people of Louisiana don't fear much. I would say there are quite of few of us who list ourselves as "God-Fearing," but after that it takes something really special to shake up someone from …

Louisiana Police Department Arrest Men Who Allegedly Stole Lots of Meat

(KPEL) - Police in Slidell, Louisiana, have arrested two Mississippi men who allegedly stole over $1500 worth of steaks and slabs of beef briskets. According to a social media post by the arresting agency, two men, 55-year-old John Garriga (Gulfport, MS) …

Louisiana Shows Decrease in Drug Overdose Deaths

Louisiana Shows Decrease in Drug Overdose Deaths A recent study has found that Louisiana is among the top ten states in the nation that has witnessed the sharpest decline in drug overdose deaths. The report showed that the Pelican State has the seventh- …

Heavy Rain Returns - Louisiana's Stormy Wednesday

(KMDL-FM) If you're traveling on I-10 between Lafayette and Lake Charles early this morning and you sneak a peek off toward the south, you just might see a flash of lightning in the distance. The coastal sections of Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, and St. …

Louisiana’s traffic fines for driving slowly in the left lane increase Friday

Motorists will face higher fines for driving below the speed limit in the left lane of a Louisiana highway starting Friday.  A new state law, Act 24 from this year’s legislative session, will require a person driving less than the speed limit to stay in …

Louisiana switches to closed party primary system, changing who can vote in certain elections

BATON ROUGE - How most people in Louisiana vote is about to change after legislators approved a switch to a closed primary system. Starting Friday, the Independent Party will no longer be recognized by the state, turning a little more than 150,000 voters …

Jim Bradshaw: Mastodons in South Louisiana

Everybody who saw them seemed to have an opinion about the big bones on display at the Dupre Barber Shop in Eunice in March 1943. Delino Miller brought them to the shop. He said his grandfather found them about 1895 in the Atchafalaya Basin, but he didn’t …

What are Louisiana's traffic laws for school buses…