BATON ROUGE - A U. S. District judge sentenced two Baton Rouge sisters to four years in federal prison apiece for running a three-year, six-figure credit card scheme.
U. S. Attorney Don Cazayoux Jr. said Trachell Brown was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for bank fraud and... more »
WIMBLEDON, England - Serena Williams had to earn two doubles victories with older sister Venus at Wimbledon on Wednesday, a day before her singles semifinal against Victoria Azarenka. The Williams sisters were finally able to complete their second-round match against Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova that started on Saturday but... more »
GUNTOWN, Miss.- Police have arrested the wife and mother of a man suspected of abducting and killing a Tennessee woman and her oldest daughter and kidnapping the woman's two youngest daughters. A court clerk confirmed that Adam Mayes' wife, Teresa Mayes, and mother, Mary Mayes, are in jail in Hardeman... more »
GUNTOWN, Miss. - The search for two Tennessee girls is intensifying after their mother and older sister were found dead at their alleged kidnapper's house in north Mississippi. The FBI says the bodies of Jo Ann Bain and her 14-year-old daughter, Adrienne Bain, were found behind Adam Mayes' house near... more »
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour hasn't said if he'll send two sisters back to jail because one can't give up a kidney to the other as a condition of their release. Jaime Scott was told by a doctor she had to lose 100 pounds for the operation. Her sister Gladys must... more »
BATON ROUGE – A pair of sisters are celebrating a decade of health together after a kidney donation ten years ago. Sylvia Winder of Baton Rouge donated her kidney to her sister in California in 2000, and they’re together again for the holidays to celebrate their health. Rachel Frost will... more »
BATON ROUGE - Gov. Bobby Jindal has agreed that state agencies should be banned from paying unequal wages to employees of different genders for the... more »
GONZALES- The Ascension Parish Council will introduce a proposal Thursday evening at their regular meeting which would levy a one mil tax on homeowners in... more »
BATON ROUGE- The attorney representing convicted killer Brett Gerald wants his sentence reduced.
Tommy D'Amico is filing an appeal with the First Circuit Court... more »
WASHINGTON - The House has voted to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to a wide-ranging... more »
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's top education board is reviewing how the state education department stores and shares public school student data. The Board of Elementary... more »