A federal judge has blocked the enforcement of a Louisiana law that makes it a crime to approach within 25 feet (7.6 meters) of a working police officer after being ordered or asked to step back ...

An eight-month investigation into drug trafficking in Claiborne Parish culminated Friday with the arrests of 15 people on racketeering and other charges.

The judge said that the police-buffer law violated the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because it is too vague.

Louisiana State Police said in a statement Saturday, February 1, 2025 that lawmen arrested 15 people in connection with a ...

Overall crime in unincorporated St. Tammany, which comprises most of the parish’s approximately 275,000 people, was down ...

GROVE PARK — Brenda Heverly, 19, of Moshannon, and three teenage passengers in a 2017 Kia Forte she was operating were hospitalized following a fiery crash on Jan. 11, according to state police ...