Former four-term Louisiana U-S Senator J. Bennett Johnston has passed away at the age of 92. After serving in the Louisiana Legislature from 1964 to 1972, the Shreveport native served in the U-S Senate from 1972 to 1997. Political analyst Bernie Pinsonat worked in Johnston’s office for several years and says Johnston was known as someone who could bring back federal dollars to Louisiana, including the money used to build I-49….

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Johnston died at his home in Sperryville, Virginia.

We found this week Hyundai will build a five-billion-dollar steel plant in Ascension Parish. Environmental groups say the governor offered a South Korean company a massive tax break to build a toxic plant in Donaldsonville. But Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment (Quint-maw) says….

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If your favorite restaurant tells you that it serves Gulf shrimp, can you take their word for it? A new study shows while in other states the answer is generally “no”, in Louisiana it’s largely a different story. Colleen Crain reports…

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A man wanted for killing two people in Monroe in 2020 has been arrested in New Mexico. U-S Marshals apprehended Delarrious Jones in Albuquerque. Jones was allegedly involved in the fatal shooting of two people at Parkview Apartments. Shortly after the shooting, Monroe police arrested two other individuals.