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Two people are accused of helping multiple men who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail last Friday.

A fifth man has been captured after he escaped the Orleans Parish jail with nine others last Friday, authorities said.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ordered multiple investigations into New Orleans’ criminal justice system after 10 men escaped from Orleans Parish Prison last Friday.

A search is underway for seven inmates who broke out of the Orleans Parish jail on Friday morning. Three other inmates who escaped have already been captured, authorities said.

Residents fighting against pollution from a nearby petrochemical plant are both relieved and disappointed after it suspended production.

The case against a Louisiana law that classifies common pregnancy medications as controlled dangerous substances can proceed, a Louisiana judge ruled Thursday.

The hall’s foundation is planning to grow its efforts through its largest expansion to date.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $400,000 grant that would have expanded composting in New Orleans. It’s the first grant received by the city’s Office of Resilience and Sustainability that’s been cancelled.

A Louisiana bill that would let family members sue medical providers and drug manufacturers over suspected abortions passed a House committee on Monday, despite pushback from doctors, pharmacists and reproductive rights advocates who fear it could leave providers open to frivolous lawsuits — even from family members of rapists.