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Family of Louisiana teen killed in mall shooting "profoundly heartbroken," starts memorial fund
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (244+ words) The family of a Louisiana teenager killed in a Baton Rouge shooting has established an official fund in her memory through the Community Fund of Acadiana. Martha Elizabeth Odom, 17, was killed on April 23 after being caught in the crossfire of…...
This Belgian company is building the world's biggest cranes at a south Louisiana port
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (379+ words) Aaron Bennett, vice president of E-Crane Business Development, from left, Lieven Bauwens, owner of E-Cranes, and, Steve Osborne, CEO of E-Crane USA. E-Crane International USA has built the largest electric crane of its class. The clamshell grabber can pick up…...
Letters: Invasive cat's claw vine taking over New Orleans. Take action now
6+ day, 19+ hour ago (295+ words) New Orleans is under assault from an invasive vine, and most residents don't know it yet. The yellow blossoms draping fences, trees and rooftops across Mid-City, Treme and neighborhoods east of downtown are cat's claw vine (Dolichandra unguis-cati), and they…...
The Louisiana Shakespeare Company's first festival will make the bard's works fun for everyone
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (636+ words) A scene from the Louisiana Shakespeare Company's past production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' Excerpts from this Shakespeare play will be performed during the company's Shakespeare Festival on May 10 at the Capitol Park Museum. Hamlet will be there. "Twelfth Night's…...
Spring festival season is in full bloom. Here's a list of fests across Louisiana.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (331+ words) Jackson Square is filling up with jazz, food vendors and revelers as French Quarter Festival kicks off the peak of Louisiana's beloved spring festival season. Along with the crawfish boils and blooming flowers, Louisiana's countless festivals draw excitement from locals…...
Louisiana oil expert says war is creating "serious crisis" in production, refining
1+ week, 4+ day ago (755+ words) A motorist pulls up to a fuel pump at a gas station in Shreveport, La. , Wednesday, April 8, 2026. A veteran oil executive said the damage caused to refineries and oil fields in the Middle East as a result of the Iran…...
Hurricane Katrina and sparrows at her New Orleans rent house changed this author's life. See how.
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (890+ words) Trish O'Kane, author of "Birding to Change the World," and environmental studies professor at the University of Vermont. Birding to Change the World by Trish O'Kane chronicles how Hurricane Katrina rerouted a journalist's life to study ornithology and the environment,…...
Nazis knocking on Louisiana's back door: Did Hitler send World War II U-boat to the Gulf Coast?
11+ mon, 3+ day ago (828+ words) Reality can be stranger than fiction, but sometimes the two intersect, as it did when Sharon Coldiron recently was reading James Lee Burke's 1994 novel, "Dixie City Jam." In it, the best-selling author's main character, Dave Robichaux, finds himself at the…...
How much red snapper did Louisiana anglers catch in 2025? The numbers are in.
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (341+ words) A new April 15 start of the red snapper season was approved during Thursday's Wildlife and Fisheries Commission meeting. Anglers will start the season with a four-fish-per-day limit. Louisiana sport anglers reeled in nearly 950, 000 pounds of red snapper during the 2025 season,…...
Louisiana businesses can be reimbursed up to $150, 000 for employee training. See how
2+ week, 1+ day ago (264+ words) Gov. Jeff Landry listens as Secretary of Louisiana Workforce Commission Susana Schowen speaks Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, during a roundtable with local leaders at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. A $7 million federally funded state initiative will reimburse employers for skilled trades…...
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