Most Louisianans no longer speak French, but a growing number of schools are now immersing kids in it. At École ...

Superintendent Francis Touchet Jr. initially announced the cuts saying he was getting the district in a "good financial ...

Today, only a highway marker alerts motorists on the corner of Roundabout and West Old Mountain Road of the existence of the ...

Executions in the state date back to Louisiana's early colonial period when under French and Spanish rule. Under French rule, execution was used as a way to instill fear and uphold order and the ...

WorldAtlas released a ranking of the 12 best retirement towns in the Southern U.S., and this Louisiana city was named the ...

Mardi Gras gives people the opportunity to celebrate before the Lenten season, where people become more disciplined and give up habits for 40 days.

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The marching krewe celebrates the culinary arts of Louisiana ... don food-themed costumes for a route through the French Quarter (see route map below). Some are organized in groups like the ...

Historians at the Louisiana State Museum say Mardi Gras first arrived on U.S. soil in 1699, when French-Canadian explorer Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville celebrated and his men landed 60 miles south ...

The modern-day differences originated from those urban and rural celebrations in medieval Europe, according to Barry Ancelet, professor of Louisiana-French culture at the University of Louisiana ...

Christopher Sepulvado, an 81-year-old Louisiana man who was scheduled to be executed, died Saturday night according to his lawyers, just days after a judge handed down an execution date.