+5 U.S. appeals court hears h abortion pill case that could limit access nationwide By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Updated 13 hrs ago Attorney General Liz Murrill asked an appeals court Wednesday to strike down a federal government policy allowing abortion pills to be mailed over state lines, saying the regulation has snarle…
Former high school wrestling coach won't be required to register as a sex-offender after plea BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer 19 hrs ago A former high school wrestling coach, accused of molesting a 16-year-old student in a car parked outside a local middle school, won't have to register as a sex offender after pleading to a les…
+17 Photos: Anti-abortion demonstrators gather as 5th Circuit hears abortion pill case in New Orleans By CHRIS GRANGER | Staff photographer 20 hrs ago
Assumption man gets 40 years in stabbing death of man who accompanied the mother of his child BY ANNAKATE FREELAND | Staff writer 20 hrs ago An Assumption Parish man was sentenced to 40 years in prison Tuesday for fatally stabbing a man who was with the mother of his child when she dropped off the minor at his home.
+3 h death row inmate nearing execution sues state over nitrogen gassing method BY JOHN SIMERMAN | Staff writer Updated 16 hrs ago Todd Wessinger, the h death row inmate who appears closest to an execution date, has filed a lawsuit in Baton Rouge to prevent the state from killing him with nitrogen gas, arguing it’…
St. George allowed to stay in Baton Rouge annexations lawsuit: ‘Uncharted territory’ BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD | Staff writer Sep 9, 2026 St. George can remain as a plaintiff in a 2020 lawsuit over business annexations, a judge ruled Tuesday, following Baton Rouge’s attempt to have the new city removed from the suit.
Impact Charter School founder pleads not guilty to theft, money laundering BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Sep 8, 2026 In her first appearance in federal criminal court, the founder of Impact Charter School in Baker pleaded not guilty Tuesday to accusations that she illegally diverted money that was used to bu…
In first volley of ads, DA candidates target each others’ records on violent offenders BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Sep 8, 2026 The race for East Baton Rouge District Attorney features Ryan Thompson challenging 18-year incumbent Hillar Moore, and recent dispatches from the candidates have revealed the angles of attack …
Baton Rouge ordered to pay millions to church that lost land for planned airport expansion BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Sep 4, 2026 A district court judge has ordered the city-parish to pay more than $17 million after 4 acres of a Pentecostal group’s campus were taken in 2020 as part of a planned expansion at Baton Rouge M…
+3 Football and politics: Courtroom battle over ex-pro athletes draws in Louisian heavyweights BY ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writer Sep 4, 2026 As a legal battle looming over the college sports world played out in a Baton Rouge courtroom Thursday, it pitted some of Louisian’s most high-profile politicians and attorneys against each other.
SEC sues LSU as Greg Sankey and former NFL athletes seeking eligibility make their cases in court BY KOKI RILEY & REED DARCEY | Staff writers Sep 3, 2026 The Southeastern Conference filed a lawsuit Thursday against LSU, head football coach Lane Kiffin and athletic director Verge Ausberry, claiming that they “orchestrated” a legal saga that coul…
+14 Jury convicts disbarred lawyer of fraud in New Orleans staged wrecks case, mistrial on murder counts By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Sep 3, 2026 A federal jury on Thursday delivered a split verdict in New Orleans’ blockbuster staged wrecks case, convicting a disbarred Jefferson Parish attorney of running the yearslong insurance fraud s…
Environmental groups sue DEQ over air permit for new CF Industries plant in Ascension Parish BY ANNAKATE FREELAND | Staff writer Sep 3, 2026 On the same day CF Industries broke ground on its new $3.7 billion ammonia plant in Ascension Parish, three environmental groups sued the h Department of Environmental Quality, challen…
New Orleans, West Baton Rouge DAs square off in SEC, NCAA fight over ex-pro athletes and LSU By JON BLAU and ALYSE PFEIL | Staff writers Sep 3, 2026 Two heavyweight Louisian politicians and attorneys appear to be pitted against each other in a high-stakes legal battle over college sports.
h wardens ordered cover-up of pepper spray, electric riot shield brutality, deputy says BY PATRICK SLOAN-TURNER | Staff writer Sep 3, 2026 The top wardens at a h jail tried to orchestrate a coverup after guards pepper-sprayed, handcuffed and beat subdued inmates with electric riot shields, a former deputy testified in fed…
Baton Rouge killer gets 43 years, likely acted alone and wasn’t paid for shooting, DA says BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Sep 2, 2026 A Baton Rouge man who claims he was paid $2,000 to carry out a killing has been sentenced to 43 years in prison after pleading guilty to reduced charges of manslaughter and possession of a sto…
+7 Why did U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approve permit for h International Terminal? BY JONAH MEADOWS | Staff writer Updated Sep 4, 2026 A recent report from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers helps explain the thinking behind the agency’s recent decision to issue a key permit for the Port of New Orleans’ planned deep-water conta…
h Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes accused of ‘impropriety’ in new misconduct case BY JOHN SIMERMAN AND ANDREA GALLO| Staff writers Sep 1, 2026 The misconduct case is now the third against the Supreme Court justice to come to public light.
Ankle monitor firm worker convicted for not reporting man’s whereabouts before St. Francisville murder-suicide BY BLAKE LESCHBER | Staff writer Sep 1, 2026 An employee with an ankle monitoring company was convicted of a misdemeanor for failing to report monitor violations of a client who later killed his estranged wife in a murder-suicide in St. …
h AG Liz Murrill sues Express Scripts, arguing it is driving up prescription drug prices BY MATTHEW ALBRIGHT | Staff writerUpdated Sep 2, 2026 h Attorney General Liz Murrill has sued Express Scripts, adding another front to her campaign against the pharmacy benefit managers she blames for artificially driving up the price of …
Man accused of raping 94-year-old enters plea of insanity on series of earlier assaults BY QUINN COFFMAN | Staff writer Sep 1, 2026 A Baton Rouge man, who was arrested in March for allegedly raping a 94-year-old woman, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity Tuesday for a series of rapes he’s accused of carrying out again…
+3 How a Honduran man caught by ICE became entangled in New Orleans staged wrecks conspiracy By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Aug 31, 2026 Cesar Lobo-Ramos longed to be deported.
Charges dropped against former Baton Rouge school official accused of impersonating police BY CHARLES LUSSIER | Staff writer Aug 31, 2026 Prosecutors have dropped the charges against a former East Baton Rouge school administrator who claimed he was a police officer as he detained a man allegedly trying to steal wiring from an ab…
+6 Jury starts deliberating in New Orleans staged wrecks murder-conspiracy trial By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Updated Aug 29, 2026 One fall night in 2020, Jovanna Gardner made a phone call that would change her life.
Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in ICE detention after arrest at New Orleans airport By JAMES FINN | Staff writer Updated Aug 28, 2026 Milo Yiannopoulos, a prominent far-right speaker and media personality, was being held in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in h after federal agents arrested him thi…
+2 h said it fixed overdetention in prisons. A new lawsuit says that isn’t true. BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN | Staff writer Updated Aug 30, 2026 For years, Louisian’s prison system often failed to release inmates on time, holding them past their release dates — sometimes for months.
Ex-LSU football player formally charged in crash that killed two people on Main Street BY OLIVIA TEES | Staff writer Aug 27, 2026 Former LSU and NFL running back Richard Murphy was formally charged Thursday in connection with a June crash that killed a 95-year-old man and his 75-year-old daughter-in-law, according to cou…
+2 h Supreme Court denies Ascension judge’s appeal. His name is officially off the ballot. BY ANNAKATE FREELAND | Staff writer Aug 27, 2026 The h Supreme Court denied the writs filed by Judge Steven Tureau, a move that means the sitting 23rd Judicial District Court judge will not be on the ballot in November, his attorney …