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Baton Rouge's first cat café is opening this fall alongside a new Cat Haven adoption center featuring room for 125 cats, coffee, and opportunities to adopt.

Louisiana's 2027 Mardi Gras season will be one of the shortest in years. Here's why it falls so early and what it means for celebrations across the state.

More than three months after Festival International, Lafayette Police are asking the public to help identify five people tied to a battery case.

Dozens of new Louisiana laws kick in August 1st, and some of them are drawing serious attention — including one that could mean an arrest for sleeping on a sidewalk.

Fall in Louisiana means festivals almost every weekend — from butterfly parades in Haynesville to alligator encounters down south. There's a lot happening in September.

Washington Parish deputies found suspected remains Tuesday near Franklinton in the search for missing man George Stevens, who was last seen Sunday leaving his home.

Authorities are investigating the death of Louisiana foster child Melanie Trahan after doctors discovered severe brain injuries.

A lot of Acadiana parents mean well, but a few common habits this time of year can quietly set kids up for a rough first week back.

Jearmie Bourg, 30, was arrested after Terrebonne Parish deputies found his two young children alone in an unlocked truck outside Cash Magic Casino with drugs and knives nearby.

Thirty-seven straight drawings without a jackpot winner. That's months of near-misses and what-ifs. Then last night a single ticket wins $800 million.

Ole Miss is suing two former players for nearly a million dollars after they signed contracts and transferred to LSU within days — and the timing is hard to ignore.

Some of these things were so popular they could start an argument. Now they're just gone — and most people didn't even notice when it happened.

A simple trip for shrimp turned into a viral moment after Saints rookie Christen Miller quietly paid for a stranger's groceries in Metairie.

A federal grand jury indicted two Lafayette women accused of running a $1.5 million wire fraud scheme using fake frozen-account calls.

A man on an electric bike was heading south on the I-49 Service Road early Tuesday morning when a single collision changed everything for a St. Landry Parish family.

If you've been looking for Louisiana food challenges, best restaurant eating challenges, or where to find a food challenge in Louisiana, here's your guide.

A second former Lafayette Renaissance Charter Academy employee is facing charges in an alleged payroll fraud scheme at the school's lower campus.

Garbage collection is changing for 7,000 Lafayette residents. Find out whether your trash, recycling and yard waste schedule is affected.

Louisiana ranks as the most burned-out state in America, according to a new IRIS Software Group study. Workers average 36 hours a week and nearly 20% report frequent mental distress.

Heat, sweat and friction can cause painful chafing. Discover simple ways to prevent irritation and find fast relief this Louisiana summer.

School buses in Louisiana; Learn when you must stop, when you can legally continue driving, and how cameras help enforce school bus safety laws.

Louisiana's outdoor balloon release ban takes effect August 1, 2026. First-time violations carry a $500 fine and eight hours of community service.

Seventeen states are now operating under a federal energy emergency order, and Louisiana is one of them. The grid is holding, but the margins are thin.

Thousands of Louisiana residents are waiting to get their first in-state taste of Buc-ee's. But did you know there are some unwritten rules to know before you pull in.