While proponents say it streamlines input into a singular committee, others say the timeline constraints may prove difficult.

The fate a man whom DNA evidence linked to a 1988 rape is in the hands of a Calcasieu Parish jury.

The fate a man whom DNA evidence linked to a 1988 rape is in the hands of a Calcasieu Parish jury.

A helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River this afternoon, killing six people, was registered to a Broussard, Louisiana-based company, according to FAA records.

Betty Jean Fulton, 58, is accused of stealing more than $40,000 from an elderly man who was found malnourished and living in unclean conditions in her Jennings home.