Louisiana teen awarded over $10 million in scholarships, makes final college decision

Dennis Maliq Barnes, who goes by Maliq, made headlines in previous weeks after he was rewarded more than $9 million in scholarships, but since then, he’s surpassed that amount with more than $10 million in scholarship offers.

Carolyn Bryant Donham: Woman at center of Emmett Till's 1955 lynching dies at 88

The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's report shows. Carolyn Bryant Donham was 88.

Louisiana senior, 16, awarded more than $9 million in scholarships

Maliq Barnes, 16, was accepted to 175 colleges and universities and was offered more than $9 million in scholarships from more than 125 different schools.

Louisiana pizzeria offers free pizza for a year in exchange for Taylor Swift tickets

The owners of Zee's Pizzeria are "huge" Swifties, but like many others, weren’t able to score The Eras Tour tickets – so they came up with a clever offer.

Coroner rules Georgia man's death in Baton Rouge an accident; cocaine and fentanyl found in his system

Nathan Millard, a Georgia businessman whose body was found wrapped in a rug earlier this month after he went missing in Baton Rouge, died of an accidental overdose, according to the coronor's office.

1 of 2 prostitutes arrested in death of Georgia man found wrapped in rug in Baton Rouge

Investigators in Baton Rouge say one of the two known prostitutes wanted in connection to the death of 42-year-old Georgia father of five, Nathan Millard, is now behind bars.

Parents of LSU student awarded $6.1M in deadly hazing incident

A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, jury has awarded $6.1 million to the parents of a Louisiana State University student who died as a result of alcohol poisoning in a 2017 hazing incident.

New plans for abandoned hurricane-ravaged amusement park in New Orleans

More than 17 years after a Six Flags park in New Orleans was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, developers believe they can revive the abandoned site with a new project.