A Louisiana bill that would have carved out a path for incarcerated people convicted by now-banned split juries to ask for a ...

SB218 would have set the cases of defendants convicted by nonunanimous juries back to pretrial status and allowed district ...

State police say a Louisiana lawmaker is facing charges after striking a concrete barrier while allegedly driving impaired with his three children in the vehicle ...

Louisiana lawmakers learned Wednesday that they will have $139 million more to spend on next year’s budget after a state ...

Sterling Williams was arrested and charged with helping 10 inmates break free from a New Orleans jail, authorities said.

Louisiana officials released new booking pictures of inmates that have been recaptured after they escaped jail on Friday.

La., opens up about law enforcement's work to find all the inmates that escaped from jail and pledges to hold abettors ...

House Bill 685 would prohibit diversity, equity and inclusion offices, training and hiring policies in state agencies and ...

Louisiana's McNeese State University will be site of the federal government's new national center for liquefied natural gas ...

Authorities secured a fourth escaped inmate on May 19 and said he will face new charges related to the jailbreak.

Seven inmates remain on the loose after escaping from a jail in New Orleans last week. The escaped men should be considered ...

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the ...