Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, and has since left 1 million homes and businesses on the Gulf Coast without power. Southern Louisiana and parts of Mississippi in particular are experiencing devastating power outages, and utility companies say it could be weeks before power is back. The storm […]

https://www.facebook.com/TheHayride/posts/10155052764394675 Robbie Gatti, a Louisiana politician, who dressed up as Tiger Woods by donning blackface for a community event is defending the controversial costume. He’s being blasted by residents in Bossier City, Louisiana after a photograph of him in blackface at First Baptist Church surfaced this week. However, Gatti insists that his blackface was merely part […]

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Retired Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré discusses the aftermath of the historic Louisiana floods.

Last week, parts of the state of Louisiana suffered massive flooding that killed at least 13 people and left tens of thousands of homes damaged. It is tallying up to be the worst natural disaster in the US since Hurricane Sandy.  Over the weekend, GOP nominee Donald Trump and his VP candidate, Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN), visited the ravaged flood grounds. President […]

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A museum will also go alongside the memorial to trace the country's history from slavery to present day. The structure is slated to open in April 2017.

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After news spread that Prince passed away, many celebrities paid homage to the legendary singer through special tributes. On Broadway, Jennifer Hudson and the cast of The Color Purple paid their respects through song by performing a rendition of Prince’s hit “Purple Rain.”

Aman convicted of murdering two women and on death row for one of the murders has died. Derrick Todd Lee fell ill over the weekend and died at a Louisiana hospital Thursday morning for yet unknown reasons. Lee, 47, was currently serving a life sentence for one murder and a death row sentence for the […]

A grand jury has brought an indictment against two Louisiana police officers who fatally shot a six-year-old boy after opening fire into his father's car.

An attorney for Chris Few says body camera footage shows Few's hands were up when two city marshals shot into his car last week, critically wounding the dad and killing his 6-year-old son Jeremy Mardis.

Both officers are being held without bail. The hearing is expected to take place Monday afternoon.

The officers -- 23-year-old Norris Greenhouse Jr. and 32-year-old Derrick Stafford -- were charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in the Tuesday shooting that made Jeremy Mardis the youngest person to be killed by law enforcement this year.

Police fatally shot a 6-year-old child, making Jeremy Mardis the youngest person to be killed by police this year and proving that police practices across the board should be examined, no matter which communities they serve.