For the first time, Louisiana law enforcement officials are digging deeply into allegations that former New Orleans archbishops, the highest-ranking officials in the state's Catholic hierarchy, knew about child sex abuse by priests and deacons and tried to cover it up.
A Covington man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 12 Monday night, authorities said.
The Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office formally filed charges against the mother of a Metairie kindergartener who authorities say was found with 4 ounces of powder cocaine in his school cubby.