Gov. Jeff Landry signed an emergency declaration Friday after Louisiana SNAP recipients were warned that no new benefits will be available in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

BATON ROUGE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator) – A Canadian mining company plans to build a facility in Calcasieu Parish to refine rare earth metals used in a variety of motors and electronics in the consumer, technology and defense industries.

This Louisiana photographer may not have been born here, but he chose to stay and captures the state and many other places in remarkable ways.

LSU firing its head coach on Sunday doesn’t stop the recruiting wheel, and on Monday the Tigers landed a new 2026 commitment. Three-star wideout Kervin Johnson Jr. flipped his pledge from Louisiana Tech to the Bayou Bengals after visiting over the weekend.

Gov. Jeff Landry signed an emergency order Friday approving food assistance benefits through November for children, elderly and disabled people as concerns mount over a potential federal shutdown.

A federal jury found a private corrections company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries he sustained while in custody and awarded the family more than $40 million in damages.

State Police have urged the public to be on the lookout for a missing 6-year-old boy, who is believed to be with his father, Joshua Beall.

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Two plane crashes occured on Tuesday in Louisiana, with all passengers left dead after the impacts. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has conducted investigations on both crashes, identifying the deceased and the aircrafts' registration.