Greg LaRose (Louisiana Illuminator)

Children who qualify for free or reduced-price meals at school are eligible for food assistance over the summer break, state officials announced Monday.

Personnel with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office fell for an online scheme that cost the agency more than $1.1 million, according to an internal audit made public Monday.

A local jury found the oil company violated state permitting laws and illegally polluted the coast in Plaquemines Parish.

Christopher Sepulvado, the 81-year-old man who was facing execution next month for the 1992 murder of his stepson, died overnight at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, according to his attorney.

Gov. Landry indicates safety measures will likely be in place for Mardi Gras.

Encampment residents were sent to a new temporary shelter, located in a warehouse in Gentilly.

Louisiana’s lone Democratic incumbent in the U.S. House of Representatives will keep his seat after securing an outright win against four challengers on Election Day.

More than 100 workers spent Sunday continuing the cleanup of a crude oil spill in Bayou Lafourche near Raceland, hoping to protect the drinking water supply and wildlife.

"I can’t wait to be sued,” Landry said before signing the bill that will require all public school classrooms—including those at universities—to display the Ten Commandments.

The allocations include funding for Louisiana National Guard to deploy to the U.S. border in Texas, along with raises, new equipment and dry cleaning allowances for state police.