Kelly P. Kissel

LIVINGSTON — Lawyers for the state say that when a woman goes on trial a second time on first-degree rape and video voyeurism accusations, the public and the media should be kept out of the courtroom when the purported victim testifies.

Despite vacancies at president, AD, football coach, 'LSU is not broken' according to interim AD

WBRZ INVESTIGATIVE UNIT: FBI says arrested ex-New Iberia cop was on way to carry out attack in New Orleans

BATON ROUGE — Mayor-President Sid Edwards was cautiously optimistic Friday that East Baton Rouge Parish would dodge the worst of an approaching winter storm but advised residents that there was no way to be over-prepared

BATON ROUGE — There was a familiar feel to the state Capitol when Rep.-elect Chasity Martinez visited for an orientation session on Tuesday, even though it's been nearly three decades since her last visit.

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana's attorney general on Thursday decried the recent release of four noncitizens from a holding center in Angola after they claimed the federal government violated their rights to due process. Francisco Romero, 72; Ricardo Chomat, 61; Luis Gaston Sanchez, 66; and Ibrahim Mohammed, 43; were being held in a part of the Louisiana State Penitentiary set aside last year to house people who were in the United States without authorization. 

A federal judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether Louisiana has the right to keep out-of-state doctors from sending abortion-causing drugs to the state's residents without requiring an in-person consultation.

Landry sends letters to congresspeople seeking shift in Louisiana's federal court alignment

Landry sends letters to congresspeople seeking shift in Louisiana's federal court alignment

BATON ROUGE — U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow thanked Louisiana voters and President Donald Trump on Saturday for support that carried her into a runoff for a U.S. Senate seat from a deep-red state.