It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

The crash claimed the life of Jodie Cannon, 17, of Longville. Louisiana State Police Troop D began investigating a hit-and-run crash Sunday morning involving a pedestrian on U.S. 171 near A.D ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - An investigation into deepfakes depicting child pornography has led to the arrest of two Pointe Coupee Parish men, according to Louisiana State Police. Deepfakes are ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Louisiana State Police statistics show the agency worked 45 fatal car crashes across Acadiana in 2024, averaging one nearly every week. Those 45 crashes took the lives of ...

A surge in police impersonation scams has been reported across Lafayette in recent weeks, with victims losing thousands of ...

PORT ALLEN, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police say a North Carolina man was arrested after a search of his vehicle turned up suspected marijuana, cocaine, and over $1 million is U.S. currency during ...

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CALCASIEU PARISH, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana State Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 that claimed the life of a Lafayette man. Around 4 p.m., Feb. 12, 60-year-old Joseph ...

The Louisiana Department of Health will no longer promote mass vaccination, the state’s surgeon general, Dr. Ralph Abraham, told state health workers Thursday. “The State of Louisiana and LDH ...

LONGVILLE, La. (KPLC) - Louisiana State Police said a deadly weekend crash in Beauregard Parish was a hit-and-run and left a 17-year-old dead. Around 4:00 a.m. on Feb. 9, Jodie Cannon was in the right ...