Raley Pellittieri

The Southern Jaguars beat the Grambling State Tigers in a very tight game that came down to the last couple minutes of the 50th annual Bayou Classic.

The massive alligator is back! Louisiana’s 60-foot “Celebration Gator” will once again crawl down the streets of the Big Apple during this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Gonzales has been chosen as one of seven small towns across the country to host an upcoming country music festival featuring country superstars like Kid Rock and Jason Aldean.

Coach Kim Mulkey and the 2022-2023 LSU women’s basketball received their National Championship rings from last season’s win. The ceremony was held before their game Thursday, Nov. 9.

A 20-year-old man from Prairieville, La. has been identified as the person who illegally entered an alligator enclosure at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Fla. as part of a social media stunt, officials said.

A man is behind bars after he allegedly shot a coworker who was walking away from a fight at the fast food restaurant where they both worked.

Some chihuahua puppies were rescued by firefighters who were responding to a house fire on Thursday, April 6, according to the Morgan City Fire Department.

A year and a half after filming in Ascension Parish, Netflix’s “We Have a Ghost” is finally being released.

The young actress who starred alongside Jamie Foxx in the 2014 remake of “Annie” and in the 2012 film “Beasts of the Southern Wild” was in Baton Rouge earlier this week to celebrate Black History Month with students.

Authorities say a man has been arrested for indecent behavior involving juveniles on a messaging app.

The West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a woman was hit and killed on a highway overnight.

A Zachary man is behind bars on child porn charges after investigators were tipped off about his alleged activity by Snapchat, officials say.

West Virginia State Police said a man suspected of murder in Louisiana was killed during an exchange of gunfire with a trooper, but officials now say he “appears to have committed suicide.”

A Denham Springs woman died in a pedestrian-involved crash on I-10, west of Breaux Bridge, according to Louisiana State Police.

A man formerly employed as a pediatric cardiologist has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography.

A man formerly employed as a pediatric cardiologist has been arrested for allegedly possessing child pornography, according to the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office.

An Amite man is behind bars for allegedly setting his home on fire while a woman he was fighting with and their child were inside, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFM).

Residents of Southeast Louisiana and parts of Mississippi are being told not to open burn Tuesday, Sept. 27, due to current weather conditions.

Louisiana State Police has placed one of its troopers on administrative leave after he was arrested for an alleged sex crime while attending a conference in South Dakota.

A “cold case” is one step closer to closure this week after Baton Rouge Police Department arrested a man for allegedly killing Cornell Cummings, 36, nearly eight years ago.