NEW ORLEANS — Two inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail earlier this month and were captured in Texas have been returned to Louisiana.

WalletHub has released a study ranking the least and most stressed U.S. cities, and three Louisiana cities made the top 20. Here's what to know.

Louisiana ranked 44th worst in state population changes attributable to interstate migration in a study of the 2021-2022 timeframe. The Tax Foundation used the IRS and some other non-governmental data ...

Ten inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail run by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, sparking a massive search for the group.

Spring bird migration reaching peak activity this year, and millions of birds are traveling across the U.S. See when and where they fly in Louisiana.

Seven dangerous fugitives including two murder suspects remain at large as Gov. Landry orders audit of Orleans Parish facility.

Monday’s three arrests mean Derrick Groves and Antoine Massey are the final two fugitives who are still at large from the 10 who escaped the New Orleans jail shortly after midnight on May 16.

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to race and class in American history.

State officials argue Louisiana’s new immigration law voids Orleans Parish’s federal consent decree banning ICE detentions. A judge is deciding.

Three more escapees from a New Orleans-area jail were recaptured Monday.

Gov. Jeff Landry slammed progressive criminal justice policies in a Sunday night press conference amid a manhunt for dangerous prisoners who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail.