Between 2018 and 2022, Ascension Parish served as a location for four films, including Academy Award Best Picture winner ...

Cleo Fields, a longtime Baton Rouge politician, won more than 50 percent of the vote in an open primary, negating the need ...

Alexandria's 16th Street Bridge is now a modern concrete structure that crosses Bayou Rapides in the same location that a ...

China released a new map for its southernmost city of Sansha as the country works to consolidate its control over the strategically important waters of the South China Sea. The city comprises two ...

More than 200 years later, the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition is still fascinating, and one of the best places to learn about their journey is in the heart of where it all started. Lewis & ...

Every year, the city welcomes thousands of visitors to the three-day Festivals Acadiens et Créoles, which celebrates the music, crafts, art, and food of South Louisiana." Lafayette is certainly ...

From coast to coast, the United States boasts a diverse culinary landscape shaped by its immigrant history. Regional ...

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Some moisture from Rafael joined a slow-moving front to dump 1 to 8 inches of rain in parts of eastern Texas and Louisiana ...

A tropical wave producing a cluster of showers and thunderstorms across the Caribbean has a 90% chance of becoming a tropical ...