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Flipped golf cart, victim trapped: Videos show chaos after DUI crash at Louisiana parade
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (272+ words) Eighteen people were injured after a car crashed into the parade route Saturday during the Louisiana Laos Louisiana Lao New Year Festival in New Iberia, Louisiana. Chaos ensued after a classic car plowed through a crowd of attendees at the…...
In fast-growing Bay St. Louis, some restaurants thrive as others shutter: ‘Tooth and nail’
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (757+ words) The restaurants that line the streets of Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, are cautious with their budgets. Some owners are working long hours, or taking few days off." "It's sort of tooth and nail," said Michael Eastham, who owns a restaurant…...
Rod Walker: The good news about this Pelicans' season? There are only four games left.
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (604+ words) James Borrego has preached all season long about his team's resiliency and the players not dropping the proverbial sword. Well, that sword shattered into pieces on the floor of Sacramento's Golden 1 Center on Friday night. A team still trying to…...
De La Salle, Sacred Heart girls selected to LSWA all-state teams
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (364+ words) De La Salle's Ya'Myri Brown (0) drives the ball past St. Joseph's Kendall Dailey (23), Friday, January 23, 2026, at St. Joseph's Academy in Baton Rouge, La. De La Salle freshman Ya'Myri Brown and Sacred Heart senior Leah Varisco earned spots on the Class…...
City of Lake Charles employees are getting a pay bump
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (413+ words) By the first pay period in May, employees of the city of Lake Charles will see an increase in their paychecks. On Wednesday, the Lake Charles City Council approved pay increases for all city employees, ranging up to 4%. "The way…...
Pelicans blow 17-point lead against Kings, drop seventh straight game
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (196+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. " Rookie Maxime Raynaud scored 28 points and the Sacramento Kings overcame a 17-point, first-half deficit to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 117-113 on Friday night. Raynaud was 11 of 14 from the field and made 6 of 7 free throws. He also had eight…...
Husband and wife arrested in West Bank drive-by shootings, JPSO officials say
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (236+ words) Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives investigating a pair of drive-by shootings on the West Bank arrested a married couple in the case, according to authorities." Steve Bell, 24, and his wife, Joycelyn Eskano, 38, were booked Wednesday with aggravated second-degree battery, assault…...
West Bank man arrested for mail theft may be part of larger scheme with 50 victims, police say
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (476+ words) A West Bank man accused of stealing a package from a home in Kenner is believed to be part of a larger scheme that involves more than 50 possible victims around Jefferson Parish, according to authorities. Kenner police on Tuesday arrested…...
New Edition, ZZ Top and Allen Toussaint tribute highlight live music in New Orleans this week
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (695+ words) A couple of marquee touring acts, one of them R&B and the other one rock, headline concerts in New Orleans this week. FRIDAY, SMOOTHIE KING CENTER Emerging from a hardscrabble section of Boston in the early 1980s, New Edition was…...
Opinion: How can Louisiana combat political corruption
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (355+ words) The guilty plea in federal court on Tuesday by Jack Montoucet, former head of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, marks a sad end to the political career of a one-time alligator farmer turned state politician. But it is…...