LSU Board of Supervisors member Rod West has an impressive football background — a 1988  national championship at Notre Dame.And 21 years later, West could soon be moving to the professional...

SULPHUR, La. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of killing a dog with a samurai sword on New Year's Eve in Sulphur has been arrested and booked with aggravated cruelty to animals. Calcasieu Parish...

PONCHATOULA, La. (AP) — Vast stretches of white fabric cover farmer William Fletcher's 92,000 strawberry plants in the Ponchatoula area. Fletcher is hoping the cover will protect his crop from multiple...

On January 25 and 29, informational meetings will be held at the Delta Zeta sorority house for students interested in participating in the annual Miss LSU-USA Pageant. Full-time students between the ages...

The law to only distribute and sell fire-safe cigarettes in Louisiana will go into effect this year. Louisiana has joined 31 other states who have also passed similar laws, according to The Coalition for...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) — Egypt and Hamas were negotiating a proposal for a 10-day cease-fire in Gaza, officials said Wednesday, as the Palestinian death toll in the war passed 1,000 and smoke from Israeli...

The University will welcome three new deans this summer in its goal to become a Flagship University, pending the Board of Supervisor's approval next Thursday.Richard Koubek, professor and head of the Harold...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's education board is considering whether the state should take control of 10 troubled public schools, eight in Baton Rouge and two in Caddo Parish. State Superintendent...

LSU Board of Supervisors member Rod West has an impressive football background — a 1988  national championship at Notre Dame.And 21 years later, West could soon be moving to the professional...

Southern Louisiana is typically known for extreme weather — extreme heats, high humidity and, of course, hurricanes.But not this winter.National Weather Service forecasts put the Wednesday night...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A week shy of taking office, President-elect Barack Obama already is putting his persuasion skills to a high-stakes test with Congress as he seeks access to the second half of the...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A state judge has ordered a 32-year-old Baton Rouge man to spend the rest of his life behind bars for the 1998 rape that was considered a cold case until DNA revived it several...