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An Abbeville seafood company was among the winners of the Louisiana Economic Development’s Lantern Awards. D&T Crawfish was the Acadiana region winner for the 44th annual event, to be held Wednesday at Hilton Baton Rouge Capitol Center. The award recognizes Louisiana manufacturers that combine business success with exception community service.

Crawfish growers may look to the rain gauges or the temperature to forecast the supply end of the Louisiana harvest. But Jason Seither, who boils and sells tons of the mud bugs each year at his Harahan restaurant Seither’s Seafood, looks to the local social customs that dictate the annual swell in demand. He knows it’s about to rev up.

A state law allowing people with past felony convictions to serve on juries isn't being followed in a swath of courts across Louisiana, threatening to bring proceedings to a halt and prompting some attorneys to argue that their clients aren't getting fair trials. Since the law’s passage by the Louisiana...

Applications have opened for the Ochsner STAR (Science, Technology, Academic, Research) Summer Scholars Program. STAR, Ochsner Health’s legacy high school program, was created to increase student access to science and academic research in Louisiana. STAR provides students, particularly those with limited means or access to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education), a cost-free opportunity to explore the world of health care.

Acres of sugar cane abut a vast forest in this part of St. James Parish near Lac Des Allemands on Louisiana 643. A few neighborhoods are nestled among the trees. The idyllic agricultural community reminds Gail LeBeouf of the St. James of her youth, she said on a recent tour aimed at showcasing increasing industrialization along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

In the latest hurdle for plans to build a grain elevator in St. John the Baptist Parish, activists have sued the Port of South Louisiana, claiming the Port ran afoul of state law when it signed off on a tax break for that project last year. The Descendants Project, a...

The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, Louisiana's largest-ever project to rebuild coastal land, was approved on Wednesday to receive $2.26 billion to move forward with construction, with work expected to begin on the unprecedented plans later this year. The decision was issued by the federal-state panel that oversees BP Deepwater Horizon oil...

In 1972, Richard Nixon was president, Elvis Presley remained the king – and Jim Donelon narrowly lost a race to be district attorney in Jefferson Parish. Despite several other defeats, he went on to chair the Jefferson Parish Council and to serve four full terms in the state House. He’s in his fourth full term as Louisiana’s insurance commissioner.

For the second time in a matter of weeks, someone bought a $100,000 Powerball ticket at a Baton Rouge convenience store, the Louisiana Lottery said Thursday. The most recent winner was a ticket purchased at the Circle K at 4718 Plank Road; the drawing was made on Wednesday. Earlier this...

Starting Jan. 25, State Farm Insurance agents in Louisiana are no longer doing business with owners of 105 Kia and Hyundai models that have been blacklisted because they are vulnerable to theft, employees told WWL-TV. The employees say they were sent a chart of models and years that are included...

More rain is expected in the Baton Rouge area on Thursday, with much of the rainfall predicted to begin in the late afternoon and last through the evening rush hour, the National Weather Service says. Unlike the storms the region saw on Sunday, there's only a marginal risk of severe...

A man accused of stabbing a fellow inmate while incarcerated at a Louisiana correctional facility in 2021 was found guilty of second-degree murder, District Attorney Tony Clayton said. Ernest Governor, 62, was convicted by a 12-member jury of stabbing Reynault Danos, 43, to death with a shank around 2:30 a.m....

St. Amant star point guard Deniya Thornton came alive in the fourth quarter Thursday night at home, helping her Gators snatch a 51-48 win from District 5-5A rival Dutchtown in St. Amant. Jacey Coleman kept the game close through the first three quarters with her game-high 22 points. But it...