News from 5/16/2026
- Southern baseball enters SWAC tournament hot, wins 15th straight SWAC game to end regular season
- Judge Billy Burris wins the Louisiana Supreme Court 1st District race; runoffs ahead for BESE and PSC
- Closed primary election caused confusion for many voters in Louisiana
- BRPD unit involved in crash on Washington Avenue, Plank Road
- Voters reject amendment for St. George to create its own school district
- Louisiana voters reject teacher pay raises, judicial retirement, other amendments
- Franklin voters chose between incumbent council member and challenger
- Pierre Part voters approve drainage fee that would raise $1,000
- Tangipahoa voters reject extending term-limits for council, president
- Albany-area voters approve a tax renewal for fire protection
- Race close for Baton Rouge Family Court post; mixed results for crime district fund, fire service
- Voters turn down tax renewals for two fire protection districts in Pointe Coupee Parish
- East Feliciana voters approve three ballot proposals for local school system
- One person seriously injured in shooting on Avenue L
- Voters in East Feliciana, St. Helena OK funding for Audubon Library System
- Subject of documentary arrested for rape bonds out of the Livingston Parish Detention Center
- LSU baseball swept by Florida in final regular season series
- 102-year-old World War II veteran honored by the Honorary Consul for Belgium in Louisiana
- Saturday PM Forecast: Increasing humidity levels lead to the return of storms
- Fourth-annual Louisiana Cann Festival offers cannabis-themed workshops, art and live music