Louisiana

Aman convicted of murdering two women and on death row for one of the murders has died. Derrick Todd Lee fell ill over the weekend and died at a Louisiana hospital Thursday morning for yet unknown reasons. Lee, 47, was currently serving a life sentence for one murder and a death row sentence for the […]

Rather than launch a missing persons investigation, Marlon Mitchell said that the local police shrugged off his daughter's disappearance as a runaway case.

A grand jury has brought an indictment against two Louisiana police officers who fatally shot a six-year-old boy after opening fire into his father's car.

A high school basketball player told reporters the coach would place his hand on her shoulders and other places, gestures she never experienced with their previous coach.

Both officers are being held without bail. The hearing is expected to take place Monday afternoon.

The officers -- 23-year-old Norris Greenhouse Jr. and 32-year-old Derrick Stafford -- were charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Tuesday shooting that made Jeremy Mardis the youngest person to be killed by law enforcement this year.

Police fatally shot a 6-year-old child, making Jeremy Mardis the youngest person to be killed by police this year and proving that police practices across the board should be examined, no matter which communities they serve.

A penny connoisseur from Ruston, La. gave up his very special collection for the sake of his health, USA Today reports.

Please continue to pray for this entire community of Franklin Parish. pic.twitter.com/DEMS71ZS5p — Coach Rey (@Doug_B_Funny) September 5, 2015 Tyrell Cameron, 16, a student at…

Prosecutors in Louisiana are excluding potential Black jurors three times as often as jurors of another race by using peremptory challenges

In the town of Clinton, La., a white 54-year-old man was arrested and charged with a hate crime and an additional misdemeanor charge after he…

On the shooting, Governor Bobby Jindal said: "“This is an awful night for Lafayette. This is an awful night for Louisiana. This is an awful night for the United States."