Joseph Cranney

Michelle Woodfork spent more in three weeks than what Edwin Shorty, her next closest competitor, has spent the entire race.

College sports powerhouses have guarded athlete salary records from the public and their competitors, blocking open records requests.

A Lafourche Parish woman is accusing the Golden Meadow mayor and police chief of lying to obtain a warrant to arrest her.

A task force recommending amending state law to tighten regulations around who can represent high school athletes as agents.

Prosecutors identified eight games, including one NCAA postseason game, where Louisiana men’s basketball players tried or successfully rigged games.

Nineteen-year-old Kareem Harris was at his mother’s home in Treme on Friday afternoon when he texted Kia Simmons, his oldest sister.

Eight of the 20 athletes implicated in an NCAA point shaving scandal played for Louisiana colleges. Did the state’s legal sports gambling play a factor?

“We have reached a point where a change in direction is appropriate,” said LSU President Wade Rousse and the system’s chancellor, Jim Dalton, in an email to faculty and staff.

ICE requested lists of jail detainees who didn’t have government ID when they were booked. The agency also subpoenaed the jail to bring detainees in for questioning.

The decision opens the door for the state’s high court to have the final say on whether Louisiana’s 2024 ban on so-called “sanctuary cities” applies at the New Orleans jail.