Louisiana was the national focus of wildfires in 2023 as 62,000 acres burned and towns like Merryville, Pitkin and DeRidder were threatened.

The owner of The Ranch Film Studios in Chalmette, Jason Waggenspack, opens up about how a strong U.S. dollar, California wildfire and nearby Texas are hurting the Louisiana film industry.

About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.

A Louisiana native now living in Los Angeles shared how he and others have stepped in to help those in need. Jalen St. Romain, better known as “DJ Noodlez,” a native of the Shreveport, Bossier City area moved to Los Angeles 2 years ago.

The California wildfires are hitting too close to home for a woman who used to live in New Orleans. She was forced to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina, and now she’s evacuating once again.

The fetishization of the image of the Ten Commandments is, ironically, a form of idolatry, which is explicitly prohibited in those very commandments. It is a distortion of “Judeo” values to elevate to sanctity an object that is, at most, a nice temple decoration or the backdrop for a Charlton Heston film festival.

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Fanned by strong winds, the wildfires have killed at least 24 people and swept through 40,000 acres in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Firefighting aircraft have been key in California’s battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire retardant liquid on LA in recent days, but have you ever wondered what all that liquid might do to a car?

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms. Louisiana health officials announced the death on Monday.

A Louisiana native now living in Los Angeles shared how he and others have stepped in to help those in need. Jalen St. Romain, better known as “DJ Noodlez,” a native of the Shreveport ...