Second line honors civil rights icon Jerome ‘Big Duck’ Smith

How are Louisiana sheriffs spending opioid settlement funds? We decided to find out.

Sheriffs receive 20% of Louisiana’s opioid settlement money but are not required to report how they spend those dollars. Records reveal how 43 sheriffs’ offices are spending their share of the money.

Hurricanes, climate change are on tap at Siberia as part of science series

Siberia’s ‘Science Time’ series blends nightlife and discussions with scientific experts and researchers. The upcoming edition of the series will feature a lecture on hurricanes and climate change and Q&A with LSU Health New Orleans professor and former state climatologist Barry Keim.

City Planning Commission defers data center recommendations again, citing new concerns with water

After a lively public comment period, the planning commissioners moved to delay voting to expand regulation on new data centers.

Washington Parish's first of two Black sheriff deputies killed in drive-by a year after appointment

When he died, Oneal Moore was a 34-year-old military veteran, husband and father of four little girls.

Interfaith groups get involved in fight against immigrant family and children detention center

The family and children detention facility is set for construction at England Airpark in Alexandria, which is on the same land as the largest hub for deportation flights in the United States.