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• Federal grand jury indicts Southern Poverty Law Center over use of paid informants in extremist groups

  April 21, 2026 6:21 PM

  WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Law Center has been indicted on federal fraud charges related to its past use of paid informants to infiltrate extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday. The civil rights group faces charges including wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money... more »

• Two more arrested in Baton Rouge gang crackdown

  April 12, 2022 12:30 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Police arrested two more suspected members of the "Banks Town Mafia," a gang connected to multiple shootings, homicides and drug trafficking. The East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said deputies apprehended Tijuan Thompson, 34, and Eric Walker, 32, on Monday. Last week, the sheriff's office said... more »

• Months after council vote, Confederate monument removed outside old Plaquemine courthouse Play Video

  January 19, 2021 1:18 PM

  PLAQUEMINE - A controversial monument located outside a former courthouse in Iberville Parish is now gone, about seven months after elected officials first voted to take it down . Pictures taken outside the courthouse Tuesday show the monument has been removed, leaving a bare pedestal outside the building. Witnesses... more »