Editorial Roundup: Louisiana

The Advocate. May 14, 2024. Editorial: Louisiana should improve coordination among ports to maximize benefit The Mississippi River gives Louisiana an incredible economic advantage over other states. But realizing those benefits requires strategic...

Preakness is up next for Brian Hernandez after winning the Derby with a perfect trip on Mystik Dan

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow jockeys to see what it would take to get the job done with Mystik Dan, particularly those of Hall of Famer Calvin Borel. The 2010 Derby Borel won with Super Saver...

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to use congressional map with additional Black district in 2024 vote

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered Louisiana to hold congressional elections in 2024 using a House map with a second mostly Black district, despite a lower-court ruling that called the map an illegal racial gerrymander. The order allows the use of a map that...

Supreme Court orders Louisiana to hold House elections in 2024 using a map with an additional Black majority district

Parishioners subdue armed teenager at Louisiana children's service

ABBEVILLE, La. (AP) — Parishioners subdued a teenager with a gun who entered a Louisiana church during a service for dozens of young children, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Officials in the Catholic diocese are weighing new safety protocols, including the possibility of someone...

Storms kill a pregnant woman in Louisiana, adding to the region's recent weather woes

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Storms that slammed several Southern states added to the region's recent string of weather-related destruction and death, including that of a Louisiana woman who was nine months pregnant. The woman was killed after Monday night’s storms knocked a tree into a...

Today in History: May 14, state of Israel is proclaimed

Today in History Today is Tuesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2024. There are 231 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 14, 1948, according to the current-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv...

Louisiana jury convicts 1 ex-officer and acquits another in 2022 shooting death

GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana jury has convicted one former law enforcement officer and acquitted another in the 2022 shooting death of a man who was sitting in an SUV outside a house reputed for illegal drug activity. Issac Hughes, who was convicted Friday, and Johnathan Louis,...

'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest

FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — Mona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into her son’s deadly arrest by Louisiana State Police troopers, an anguish only compounded by the fact that nearly every other major civil rights case during that time has...

First Guaranty Bancshares: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

HAMMOND, La. (AP) — HAMMOND, La. (AP) — First Guaranty Banchshares Inc. (FGBI) on Friday reported net income of $2.3 million in its first quarter. The bank, based in Hammond, Louisiana, said it had earnings of 14 cents per share. The bank holding company posted...