Suspect Steven Fifer was armed and had threatened to kill himself or engage in a shootout with authorities, JPSO said.

A rookie Providence patrolman is suspended without pay after being charged with obstructing the judicial system.

With a 6-1 vote, the Jefferson Planning Advisory Board shocked the audience by recommending that the Jefferson Parish Council deny the plan to construct a brand new Ochsner Children's Hospital on ...

Leon Ruffin was banned from court during his murder trial for again faking a seizure and disrupting proceedings, authorities ...

He was released on bail and ordered to wear an electronic ankle bracelet with protections for his accusers. Records show that ...

A juvenile taken in for questioning in connection to a threat made toward a St. Tammany Parish area school has been released.

Grand Isle’s curfew is effective until further notice. Mayor David Camardelle made that announcement at 1 p.m. Wednesday.

According to Kenner Police Chief Keith Conley and Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng, the amount of rain that ...

For the second time this year, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority board of commissioners does not have the legally required number of members to conduct business.

Hurricane Francine slammed into the Louisiana coast Thursday, and 14 million people from the Florida Panhandle to New Orleans ...

The National Hurricane Center said Francine, a hurricane when it hit land, was weakening rapidly but was still a heavy ...

Louisiana is bracing for Hurricane Francine as the storm grows in power over the Gulf of Mexico before its expected landfall ...