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Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 10:32 AM CST
|By Rob Masson
A River Parishes woman who tried to kill herself as a teen has made it her mission to save others.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 5:54 AM CDT
|By Rob Masson
One of the North Shore’s largest congregations has become the latest to separate from the United Methodist Church over the question of ordaining gay ministers and permitting same-sex marriages
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The low river forced the Army Corps of Engineers to spend millions of dollars to build an underwater sill to block salt water from creeping upriver and threatening drinking intakes.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 6:01 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging the state of Louisiana to shut down an elementary school in Reserve over toxic exposure it calls environmental discrimination.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 5:29 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
In spite of improvements to employee pay and hiring, there are still concerns about the state's child welfare department.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
River levels are more than 10 feet below normal, causing cruise ships to run aground and preventing cargo ships from dropping off crops.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2022 at 12:58 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
In an effort to deal with a decline in the speckled trout population, Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries officials have voted to decrease the number a singler fisherman may catch.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 5:07 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The old Death Row facility at Angola should be ready to house juveniles by the end of the week, but it could be even longer still before the state's most violent teens make the move.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 3:18 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Two students have been arrested after a teacher was punched trying to break up a fight at Chalmette High School.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 10:01 AM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Council President Helena Moreno says the city charter gives them the power to reduce the mayor’s salary if she does not pay for the upgrades.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 5:27 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Nearly 30 attorneys filed into court saying not enough has been done to determine Bob Dean’s worth and what he should pay to those who suffered.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 5:14 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
High-profile toddler deaths have rocked southeast Louisiana over the past several months. Now, state lawmakers are putting those leaders in the hot seat.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 8:52 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Volunteers and state health workers administered nearly 700 monkeypox vaccines in an effort to stem transmission during Southern Decadence.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 5:06 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
A New Orleans city policy states that traveling government employees are required to seek the lowest fares available or reimburse the city for deluxe accommodations.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 4:01 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Attorneys say they have won tentative approval for a multi-million dollar deal to compensate more than 800 nursing home residents who were sent to a nightmarish warehouse in Independence during Hurricane Ida.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 4:48 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
New Orleans Police Chief Shaun Ferguson says it is too soon to say whether Mardi Gras 2023 will be canceled after remarks made by Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2022 at 9:00 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
State lawmakers were told Monday (Aug. 8) that the promised transfer of violent youth offenders from Bridge City to Angola has yet to take place.
Updated: Aug. 1, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Peterson admitted to funneling more than $147,000 in campaign funds into cash that funded a gambling habit.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2022 at 9:14 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The New Orleans City Council’s utilities committee has invited Entergy New Orleans officials to appear at its meeting Tuesday.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 8:51 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Louisiana say they might seek the death penalty in a case involving a boy’s mother and her boyfriend after police found the 2-year-old’s body in a trash can.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 6:50 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
A Louisiana nursing home operator who was embroiled in controversy for his handling of evacuations during Hurricane Ida, is under arrest tonight. 68-year-old Bob Dean turned himself into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, and then made bond of $350,000 and was released.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
After a chaotic 24 hours at the juvenile detention center, a state senator and parish councilmembers are calling for the closure of Bridge City.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The retired general who helped secure New Orleans after Katrina is calling on Washington to do more.
Updated: May. 17, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
“You’ll have club seats on the sidelines. You’ll have new spaces, better food service, amenities, and faster travel in the stadium.”
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 5:31 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The film industry may finally have the stability it was looking for five years after the state of Louisiana restored a 25% tax credit for movies being filmed here.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:17 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Pelican fever is red hot after a huge win against the Spurs at the Smoothie King Arena.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
A massive Amazon distribution center is taking shape in a once-wooded section of east Slidell.
Updated: Apr. 6, 2022 at 12:24 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
A hearing in July will determine whether Strain has to forfeit hundreds of thousands of dollars earned in the kickback scheme.
Updated: Mar. 9, 2022 at 5:08 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
President Biden has been invited to see the impact of his oil and gas policies firsthand.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 12:11 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Jack Strain was sentenced to serve the rest of his life in prison after being found guilty of rape and incest.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2022 at 9:18 AM CST
|By Ken Daley and Rob Masson
The Louisiana Gaming Control Board announced Wednesday (Jan. 26) that some of the licensed sites and apps will begin accepting mobile wagers this Friday at 8 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 10:09 AM CST
|By Rob Masson, Mykal Vincent and The Associated Press
A severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled more than 300,000 gallons of diesel fuel just outside New Orleans.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2022 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
National Guard raises troop strength in Omicron surge
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 3:07 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
The message for tourists is to come vaxxed, masked, and COVID-free.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 4:55 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Doctors said the next two to four weeks will be crucial in the fight against the latest super-contagious variant of COVID-19.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 3:51 PM CST
|By The Associated Press and Rob Masson
The renovations began in 2020 and are expected to wrap up before the Super Bowl scheduled to be held in the Superdome in February 2025.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 4:53 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Lawmakers are considering state police reforms after hearing testimony from Ronald Greene's mother.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 4:12 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Louisiana, like Texas, is one of 12 states with a trigger law that would ban abortion in a post-Roe world.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 4:55 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
NASA’s top dog took a look at some of the extensive damage which Hurricane Ida did to Michoud in New Orleans East.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 5:28 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Hurricane season ends with Terrebonne residents waiting for hundreds of housing units.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 6:27 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Oil prices dropped on Nov. 17 as the U.S. Department of the Interior reopened massive tracts of the Gulf of Mexico for new oil exploration.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:16 PM CST
|By Rob Masson
Hundreds of Plaquemines Parish residents and others across the region are trying to figure out what to do next.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 4:41 PM CST
|By Rob Masson, Mykal Vincent, Jesse Brooks and Amanda Roberts
By Monday afternoon, Jack Strain's fate will be in the hands of the jury.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 5:08 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson and Jesse Brooks
An 18-year-old Covington High School student has been arrested for assaulting a teacher in the classroom Wednesday, police say.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 5:01 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Getting power down to the lower end of Lafourche Parish is a monumental task, but the parish president says hundreds are now on the task and eventually the job will get done.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 6:21 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Thibodaux hospital gets power, but 90% do without.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:43 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
The rescue mission was considered high-risk because of the nature of the capsize and the sea conditions.
Updated: Aug. 9, 2021 at 5:35 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Week two of Coast Guard hearings into the Seacor Power disaster resumed with more graphic testimony from witnesses who survived the ordeal.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2021 at 5:02 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Leonard Guidry said when he heard that a lift boat flipped, he knew it was the Seacor Power.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2021 at 3:36 PM CDT
|By Rob Masson
Surviving crewmembers clinging to the capsized lift boat were terrified as the chopper crew made several rescue attempts before being called off.
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