The Louisiana Supreme Court issued an order Monday that all jury trials in the state that haven't started yet are to be continued until at least March 30. The order came just hours after the 12th ...

WARNING: Graphic language, violence. Alexandria police released body camera video of an officer's interactions with three people as he arrested them.

Every area of Louisiana still is experiencing drought, even though some corners have seen conditions ease a bit after much needed rains. But a swath across the state, including Rapides Parish, remains ...

The 28th annual Law Enforcement Memorial was held Friday (May 23, 2025) in front of the Rapides Parish Courthouse in Alexandria. The ceremony honors fallen law enforcement members from Central ...

Stormy Cofer was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the October 2013 shooting death of 18-year-old Keiunna Collins after a defense motion for a new trial was rejected. Before 9th Judicial District ...

Donnie Cayer's sisters does not want him to be forgotten, standing at the spot on Horseshoe Drive where the 43-year-old father of two was killed three years ago while bicycling with his two sons.

An attempt Monday by a mother charged in the death of her special-needs daughter to withdraw her not guilty plea and have a sanity commission appointed was ruled premature. Karen Johnson Harrison, 48, ...

Terrance Lavalais pulled the trigger and killed Deven Slade Brooks while he was bound and gagged so his wife wouldn't have to shoot him, he testified at her trial last year. His testimony, weeks after ...

MARKSVILLE — Standing in front of the Avoyelles Parish Jail, an NAACP chapter president and others called Friday for the resignation of Avoyelles Parish Sheriff David Dauzat almost two months after a ...

A hearing on motions in the Kayla Giles homicide case has been rescheduled for Nov. 9. The hearing was to have been held Aug. 5 after having been paused in mid-March. Giles has been indicted on second ...

The causes of death for two female bald eagles who died months ago are inconclusive, according to the U.S. Forest Service. The females, Anna and Andria, died within weeks of each other while nesting ...

The trial of a Boyce man accused in a bicyclist's 2020 death has been moved to next year. Carl Wayne Delaney, 30, was scheduled to go to trial this week on charges of negligent homicide, hit-and-run, ...