A mayoral pool party scandal has taken center stage in a Louisiana courtroom as former DeRidder Mayor Misty Roberts stands trial on serious felony charges.
Authorities in Louisiana are intensifying their search for the last of three inmates who staged a dramatic escape from the St. Landry Parish Jail using tied bed sheets and a crumbling jail wall.
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 40-year-old precedent that he says has locked states into an unconstitutional redistricting trap.
