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New Orleans Financial Crisis Forces $35 Million in Infrastructure Delays
NEW ORLEANS, La. — New Orleans’ ongoing financial crisis is now hitting infrastructure projects across the city, with officials pulling approximately $35 million from planned improvements as they search for enough money to meet the city’s financial obligations. The cuts…
Louisiana College Sports Are Bleeding Millions — Could Taxpayers Be Asked to Help?
BATON ROUGE, La. — College sports are big business in Louisiana, but behind the packed stadiums, television contracts and passionate fan bases, many of the state’s public university athletic programs are struggling financially. Recent financial reports show millions of dollars…
Shreveport Man Facing Thousands of Child-Pornography Charges
SHREVEPORT, La. — A 61-year-old Shreveport man is facing more than 4,000 additional charges involving child sexual abuse material in what authorities say could become one of the largest cases of its kind ever investigated in Louisiana. Jeffrey Lambing was…
Judge Approves $106 Million Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Settlement
NEW ORLEANS, La. — Nearly seven years after the deadly collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site in downtown New Orleans, a judge has approved a $106 million settlement resolving hundreds of claims connected to the disaster. Orleans Parish…
Five Dead, Nine Hospitalized in Louisiana Vibrio Outbreak
BATON ROUGE, La. — Five Louisiana residents have died and nine have been hospitalized this year after contracting Vibrio vulnificus, a potentially deadly bacterium found naturally in warm coastal waters. The Louisiana Department of Health announced that nine cases have…
Jefferson Parish Deputy Fired After Searching Ex-Fiancée’s License Plate Thousands Of Times
A Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has been terminated after an internal investigation found that he repeatedly used the department’s Flock camera system to search his former fiancée’s license plate. The deputy was identified by WDSU and FOX 8 as…
Former Fauci Adviser Pleads Guilty to Hiding COVID Research Records From the Public
A former senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hide federal records involving COVID-19 research grants and efforts to counter claims that the pandemic began with a laboratory leak. Dr. David Morens, 78, entered the…
UPDATE: St. Tammany Man Responds to Animal Abuse Charges as Sheriff’s Office Provides New Details
New information is providing additional context surrounding the arrest of 44-year-old Justin Allen, who was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center last week on charges that include two counts under Louisiana’s sexual abuse of an animal statute and…
Tensions Rise as Anti Islam Protest Draws Counter Protesters in Dearborn, Michigan
Tensions are rising in Dearborn, Michigan, as anti Islam demonstrators and counter protesters gather amid an increasingly heated national debate over religion, free speech and Islam in America. Video circulating from the demonstration shows heated exchanges between opposing groups as…
Federal Judge Rules Biden Era ‘Ghost Gun’ Restrictions Unconstitutional Despite Supreme Court Ruling Last Year
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that key portions of the Biden administration’s controversial “ghost gun” regulations violate the U.S. Constitution, reopening a major Second Amendment fight about 17 months after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the federal rule…