Crime

Waffle House altercation escalated to deadly Interstate 10 shooting near Prairieville, prompting multi-agency task force deployment on Highway 30 corridor. One dead, two wounded in weekend violence.

Traffic stop leads to seizure of 120 bottles of promethazine syrup, oxycodone, and modified firearm with machine gun conversion device in Rapides Parish operation.

A man is dead after he was shot in front of his house while city officials walked through a neighborhood promoting peace.

Citizens in one part of Abbeville are tired of the youth in the streets and now they want police to do something about this disturbance.

St. Landry Parish deputies arrested four people and seized nearly $190K in fentanyl and meth. One suspect remains at large. Tips can be made anonymously.

Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office narcotics agents arrested 19-year-old Jax Chandler after discovering nearly 2.5 pounds of marijuana, three firearms, and over $25,000 in cash during a Catherine Street raid.

A Shreveport rapper known as “Green Eyez” has been sentenced to over six years in federal prison after being found guilty of illegally possessing firearms during a 2024 traffic stop.

Two inmates are still on the run after escaping from the Orleans Justice Center—and the city is spending up to $250,000 a week trying to find them.

A police department in Louisiana was forced to address a rumor on social media after people reported that a man was being beaten near a busy highway.

Deputies seized nearly 12 pounds of illegal drugs—including fentanyl and meth—during a Lafayette Parish investigation. One man is now facing multiple felony charges.

A man stopped police to let them know that he had been robbed, and video shows two men running from the area in Eunice.

A woman in in Iberia Parish has been arrested after she allegedly had an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Federal monitors warned in 2023 that Orleans Parish Jail units were understaffed and high-risk inmates weren’t properly separated. After 10 inmates escaped, those warnings are front and center.

Seven inmates remain on the run after escaping from the Orleans Parish Jail. With federal help now involved, critics are questioning jail oversight and security.

The FBI is now assisting in the manhunt for multiple inmates who escaped through a hole in the Orleans Parish Jail. A $5,000 reward is being offered for tips.

A grand jury has indicted Nyjal Hurst for second-degree murder in the 2024 shooting that killed Senior Corporal Segus Jolivette. The officer’s death inspired proposed changes to Louisiana sentencing laws.

A local educator misused pandemic relief funds, leading to a probation sentence and raising concerns about oversight of government aid.

A new report shows fentanyl is now involved in 76% of overdose deaths in Louisiana, with some parishes hit harder than others.

Authorities in Baton Rouge had to break up a huge brawl in a courtroom on Tuesday morning.

Four suspects in Louisiana have been arrested as part of Operation Restore Justice, a sweeping FBI initiative targeting child predators nationwide.