During the American Revolution, Louisiana — which was then under Spanish rule — played a significant role in supporting the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Library cardholders in some parishes can now get into participating Louisiana museums at no cost. The State Library of Louisiana and Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy ...

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

He’s no Indiana Jones, but he spent decades uncovering real treasures. Meet Chip McGimsey, Louisiana’s retiring state ...

The vivid sophomore novel from Harris (The Sweetness of Water) follows a formerly enslaved brother and sister in the ...

The suit alleges a U.S. arm of Taiwanese chemical giant Formosa Plastics has hindered access to an unmarked cemetery with ...

Trump is charging immigrants with petty offenses under a WWII-era law. It's triggered a legal showdown in Louisiana that ...

The Supreme Court punted on Friday in a major legal challenge to Louisiana’s long-litigated congressional map, taking the ...

The Vicksburg National Military Park today stretches over 1800 acres worth of ravines, woods, and fields. The Vicksburg ...

Louisiana’s long and storied history is full of ghostly sightings and paranormal encounters. Some of the most haunted sites ...

Alexander Dimitry was a man of firsts. He was Louisiana’s first state superintendent of education, the first person of color ...

An account of what it was like for some enslaved people to make the weeks-long journey by ship from the mid-Atlantic states ...