Fewer Louisiana students are taking TOPS scholarships. Would more money help?

Janna Jordan’s family lives in Prairieville, about a 30-minute drive from LSU. This fall, her daughter Abby Veillon will head to Mississippi for college. Louisiana has long offered a merit-based scholarship, TOPS, to entice students to choose one of the …

Louisiana aims to ban soda for SNAP recipients as Landry wants to 'lead the way' in health movement

Louisiana is preparing to join a national effort bubbling up to ban soft drink purchases under SNAP, the federal food assistance program for low-income residents, as part of a larger push to reshape food policy led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …

Tragedy Strikes Twice: Separate Louisiana Crashes Claim Multiple Lives

RAYNE, Louisiana (KPEL-FM) - A Louisiana woman is dead following a two-vehicle crash in Lafayette Parish on Friday night. What Do Investigators Know About the Crash? On April 4, 2025, shortly after 7:00 pm, Troopers with Louisiana State Police Troop I were …

The French-American duo reviving Louisiana’s francophone her...

Founded during the pandemic by American Scott Tilton and Frenchman Rudy Bazenet, the Nous Foundation has quickly become one of Louisiana's most influential francophone organisations. Based in the French Quarter of New Orleans, it aims to promote and …

Louisiana expands CWD control area

The Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission is expanding the Chronic Wasting Disease Control Area in northeast central Louisiana beginning May 1. The action came during the commission’s April 3 meeting in response to a confirmed positive case of CWD …

From big bashes to a homemade cake — a Louisiana birthday done right: Jan Risher

I spent 17 years as a professional events planner. I know how to throw a party. I long ago let my husband off the hook. Planning and hosting a party is not his thing. If I want a party for my birthday, I organize it. He goes to the nth degree to help, but …

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Flash Flood Warning for Nevada, several other SW Arkansas counties, NE Louisiana parishes

By Press Release Flash Flood Warning issued April 5 at 5:42PM CDT until April 5 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Shreveport LA FFWSHV The National Weather Service in Shreveport has extended the * Flash Flood Warning for... Columbia County in southwestern Arkansas... …

State pauses work on Louisiana's biggest-ever coastal project. 'You just can't afford it.'

Gov. Jeff Landry's administration has ordered a 90-day pause on work on Louisiana's biggest-ever coastal project, the controversial Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, arguing the state cannot afford the more than $3 billion plan and stressing that …

Louisiana protesters join nationwide ‘Hands Off!’ rallies against Trump policies

Protesters in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles joined rallies across all 50 states Saturday, opposing recent Trump administration policies. NEW ORLEANS — Demonstrators in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Lake Charles took part …