Zaila Avant-garde becomes 1st Black American to win National Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old student and star basketball player from Louisiana, made history Thursday night, July 8, 2021, when she became the first Black American
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old student and star basketball player from Louisiana, made history Thursday night, July 8, 2021, when she became the first Black American
Adrian Perkins was riding high three years ago when he defeated the incumbent to become mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. He was in his early 30s
NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana woman working as a 911 dispatcher for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office has been accused of refusing to return more
A Louisiana doctor has been identified as the man who allegedly attacked a female student-athlete at Southern University. According to WBRZ News, the woman’s attacker
A White arsonist who claims he was trying to gain notoriety as a “black metal” musician, was sentenced to 300 months in prison on Monday,
Rep. Ted James has served District 101 in the Louisiana House of Representatives for nearly a decade. During his tenure, James has worked on the
Louisiana state Rep. Edward James, also known as Ted James, just beat his battle with the novel coronavirus. Rolling out spoke with the active 38-year-old about
[jwplayer jqbEuocE] Rani G. Whitfield, MD shared some insight into how COVID-19 has impacted the Black community of Baton Rouge and the state of Louisiana.
A Louisiana mother is fuming after two White students posted an Instagram photo of her child with a racially insensitive caption during a holiday event
A White woman armed with scissors at a La Quinta Inn hotel lobby in Bossier City, Louisiana, was fatally shot by police after taunting him
Pretty Yellow is a fiery, lyrical assassin from the small town of Covington, Louisianna. She was the winner of BET’s “The Next Big Thing.” The judging
Two Louisiana police officers received the harshest administrative penalty after suggesting that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) should be assassinated for a statement she did not
Authorities say a sex offender and former felon, who was late on his rent, murdered local icon Sadie Roberts-Joseph and then stuffed her body into
Sadie Roberts-Joseph, the beloved community activist who founded the African-American History Museum in Baton Rouge, Lousiana, was murdered by suffocation, according to the local coroner’s
Sadie Roberts-Joseph (Photo: Facebook/C. Denise Marcelle, state representative) A Black woman who founded the African American Museum in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was found dead in
The ongoing talk about reparations for descendants of slaves has taken a new twist. It was announced that students at Georgetown University, founded in 1789
Police have nabbed a suspect in the burning of Black churches in Louisiana and it has caused shock waves. Authorities arrested the son of a
Students at a Louisiana high school are furious and want answers after a school resource officer’s violent takedown of a student. The incident happened at
Residents in the town of Bossier City, Louisiana, can rest a little easier after the arrest of a sex offender with a badge. Terry Yetman,
A Facebook video posted first to LiveLeak has gone viral after it was posted on social media. The video shows a Black middle school student