The main character in your story “Waiting” is simply referred to as the “old man.” He is incarcerated, and works as a ...

Delores Taylor Arthur School for Young Men closed Friday, and its students are now frantically trying to find spots to finish ...

In April, after a new law mandated that 17-year-olds be treated as adults, some local jails struggled to keep youth separate from adults, as required by federal law. In East Baton Rouge, Sheriff Sid ...

The narrow Holy Cross Historic District sits on high ground, spanning the Mississippi River side of the Lower 9th Ward, an area of town that’s isolated from the rest of New Orleans by the Industrial ...

Once completed, the Sewerage & Water Board’s new dedicated substation will draw power from Entergy’s transmission grid, eliminating the board’s need for most natural gas. Currently, SWBNO is a top ...

This week on Behind The Lens, 2025 is fast approaching and as we turn the last page on the calendar of 2024, we will take a look back at the stories that our reporters at The Lens view as the most ...

In October, healthcare advocates and providers in Louisiana filed suit, with hopes of barring the enforcement of Act 246, the law that reclassified two medications commonly used with medical abortions ...

Within Trevon Cole's lifetime, Louisiana's vulnerability to climate change has become apparent, as hurricanes have become more frequent and severe. "But until recently, I didn’t link worse storms to ...

Sophomore Yashawa Fluker, 16, who remembers falling asleep in his elementary-school classes. “I don’t want to think I was a hard-to-teach student,” he said. But in the end, many of his classes simply ...