R.I.P.

Former LSU assistant Ron Abernathy, the program's first Black basketball coach and a key figure in two Final Four teams, has died at age 75.

Baton Rouge Police Corporal Walter Brooks died Monday, June 15, 2026 after health complications. Brooks had served with BRPD since 2011 on the 1st District Evening Shift.

Ronell Johnson, trombonist and tuba player for the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, died Sunday, June 14 at age 49. Johnson had been with the band since 2012.

Acadiana is mourning the loss of a beloved radio voice.

Louisiana mourns Joe Reece Salter, longtime legislator and House Speaker from 2004–2008, who passed away at 82.

The music world in Louisiana is a little dimmer today as Tony Haselden, guitarist and one of the founding members of Louisiana's LeRoux, passed away on Friday, May 16, at the age of 79.

Over the weekend, our friend Jamie Bergeron experienced a terrible loss in his family as his sweet mom Sapha passed away.

Sad news from this past weekend as a Texas high school student died after participating in a weekend fishing tournament.

William Dudley Lastrapes Jr. served as the Mayor of Lafayette from 1980-1992, serving three consecutive terms.

According to a statement from the Lafayette City Marshal's Office, Picard passed away peacefully at his residence.

Two-time Survivor contestant and Louisiana native Keith Nale died on Tuesday after a battle with cancer. He was 62 years old.

Rev. James "Jimmy" Jeanfreau Jr., a pastor at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, sustained traumatic injuries while working with a lathe.

After a three-hour search, agents would recover the body of 72-year-old Ricky Hodgson around 9:30 am.

Former NFL player Jimmy Williams, who had been a teacher and coach recently at Episcopal in Baton Rouge, died on Friday after an illness.

Some terribly sad news this morning out of the NFL as it has been reported that Baltimore Ravens linebacker Jaylon Ferguson has died at 26 years old.

Caldwell had been missing since Thursday evening when he fell overboard from a boat while vacationing.

The unidentified 49-year-old father drowned while attempting to rescue his 17-year-old son who was struggling in the gulf waters near Gulf State Park Pavilion.

The community in Sulphur is mourning the loss of a young woman who was killed in a car crash just hours after graduating from Sulphur High on Saturday.

We now know more details regarding a fatal shooting in Carencro on Wednesday evening and police say it was self-defense.

26-year-old Alex Bourque, a firefighter with the Lafayette and Broussard Fire Departments, died after a bone cancer battle.