Louisiana’s Best Snow Cones: Week 1 Showdown Rankings Are In

🐊 KNGT 🐊 | Lake Charles, LA —  Week 1 Snow Cone Showdown Rankings Are In! Alright y’all, the heat is on and the cones are cold, it’s time for Week 1 of the 2025 Snow Cone Showdown! We asked Southwest Louisiana to tell us their favorite places to grab a …

Louisiana Downs Independence Day Festivities Sparkle on July 5th

1 Louisiana Downs Racetrack and Casino is extending your Independence Day fun with its free, family-friendly Star-Spangled Bash on Saturday, July 5, 2025. The day will be filled with heart pounding live racing, a free concert, and an incredible fireworks …

Opinion: Louisiana law threatens air quality activism with steep fines

Residents in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are suing the state over a new law they say silences community air monitoring efforts that challenge petrochemical pollution. Basav Sen writes for Louisiana Illuminator. In short: Louisiana passed a law requiring only …

Louisiana new law targets distracted drivers. Here's how it could cost you

Louisiana drivers take note: beginning Aug. 1, using your phone in certain areas while behind the wheel could get you pulled over — and potentially fined.A new state law, signed by Gov. Jeff Landry and authored by Rep. Brian Glorioso, of Slidell, targets …

Stephanie Grace: In Louisiana, ICE's reign of fear is hitting way too close to home

It was the part about Habitat for Humanity that got me, that detail in reporter James Finn’s story that showed Mandonna "Donna" Kashanian, a longtime New Orleans resident originally from Iran, is so embedded in our community — and so committed to …

Two Louisiana black bears

Its the first bear population study conducted in the Lower Atchafalaya river basin – home to one of the state’s oldest and densest bear populations – since 2013. Next winter, the area will also be another site of Louisiana’s revived black bear hunt, …

Lafayette Man Arrested in Drive-By Shooting on Louisiana Ave

LAFAYETTE, LA – Lafayette Police have arrested 21-year-old Wendell Henry in connection with a drive-by shooting that happened Monday night (7/2) on Louisiana Avenue. According to investigators, Henry allegedly opened fire from a moving vehicle around 8 …

Country star Zach Top gears up for Louisiana show in October

<p>BOSSIER CITY, La. (<a href="http://ktalnews.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">KTAL/KMSS</a>) — Country fans, get your dancing shoes ready because country artist Zach Top is …

What's the safest way to dispose of July 4th fireworks in Louisiana?

Louisiana man sentenced to prison in Slidell bank robbery

A Slidell man has been sentenced to prison after he was convicted of a bank robbery. Hebert Davis, 50, of Slidell, pleaded guilty to armed robbery with a firearm in connection with a bank robbery on Nov. 2, 2023. Davis entered a bank on Gause Boulevard and …