News from 5/8/2026
- Bayou Classic 2026 tickets are on sale now, here's where to get them
- Friday PM Forecast: more rounds of showers and thunderstorms ahead
- Officials working house fire on Laurel Hill Lane in St. Francisville, other structures threatened
- Discussions over Louisiana's congressional districts heat up at Capitol
- Several parts of capital area dealing with flooding after heavy storms
- EBR Schools says buses may arrive late due to weather and road conditions
- Louisiana residents have one more week to file their taxes
- Car collides with train along Scenic Highway
- Explosion reported at Chalmette refinery on Friday afternoon
- Southern baseball riding 12-game SWAC winning streak
- Southern softball survives third straight elimination game to advance to SWAC Tournament Championship series
- TEAM 2 TRAFFIC: Picardy Avenue closed between Mancuso Lane and Essen Lane due to high water
- $$$ Best Bets: WNBA gets underway as the NBA & NHL playoffs heat up!
- Judicial committee says judge violated judicial ethics by making false statements about campaign rival
- Police identify suspected driver after 2 injured in downtown Hammond shooting
- Paincourtville man convicted after stabbing a man who stepped in during a domestic assault
- FBI holds memorial service honoring fallen agents and law enforcement officers
- Several events cancelled in the capital region due to weather this weekend
- Baton Rouge Fire Department arrests man for arson in connection with house fire in Zachary
- Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs and says the public can draw its own conclusions