Spelling Bee champ Zaila Avant-garde also holds 3 basketball records

National Spelling Bee champion Zaila Avant-garde is a basketball prodigy who has appeared in a commercial with Stephen Curry and set three Guinness world records for dribbling multiple balls simultaneously.

Zaila Avant-garde breezes to National Spelling Bee win

Whether dribbling a basketball or identifying obscure Latin or Greek roots, Zaila Avant-garde doesn't show much stress.

Baby monitor records tree crashing into 5-month-old's room: 'Terrifying'

A tree crashed into a baby's room after putting being put to sleep. The 5-month-old was not injured, but the scary ordeal was captured on video.

‘Super sweet’ 12-foot python escapes zoo in Louisiana mall, search continues

Zookeepers and local entities are still searching for a 12-foot Burmese python that escaped a Baton Rouge zoo inside the Mall of Louisiana Tuesday morning.

Woman tries to remove alligator from Louisiana highway

Some tense moments between a small, territorial alligator and a Louisiana woman were caught on camera.

$50 billion mistakenly deposited into Louisiana family’s account, father says

Darren James says he and his family felt what it was like to be billionaires for four days after their bank accidentally deposited $50 billion into an account.

Man bites chunk of nose off man who bought him drink

A Louisiana man had a chunk of his nose bitten off by a man he bought a drink for, authorities said.

New Orleans tornado captured on video by Ring camera

The security footage, shared by Tyesha Reddix, showed strong winds, propelling rain and a tornado off in the distance.

Biden pushes $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan during Louisiana visit

President Joe Biden visited the reliably Republican state of Louisiana on Thursday, speaking in the hurricane-battered city of Lake Charles while touting his proposed $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan.

9 kids injured in shooting at 12-year-old's birthday party in Louisiana

Authorities say nine people under 18 were injured and two of them remained in the hospital following a weekend shooting at a 12-year-old’s birthday party in Louisiana that was rooted in an ongoing feud.

Coast Guard searching for 12 people missing after ship capsizes in Gulf of Mexico

The US Coast Guard is searching by air and sea for 12 people who went missing after their boat capsized in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Six of the 18 crew members have been rescued so far.

Louisiana fraternity brothers pay off mortgage for former cook who fed them when they were students

Jessie Hamilton worked for 14 years as a cook for an LSU fraternity, taking care of hundreds of students during her time on campus. When one of the former members called to check on her, they found out the 74-year-old was still working two jobs to pay for her mortgage -- so the brothers all chipped in more than $50,000 to pay off her home.

Woman arrested for refusing to return $1.2M accidentally deposited into account

A former sheriff’s dispatcher in New Orleans has been arrested, accused of refusing to return more than $1.2 million that had been accidentally deposited into her brokerage account, authorities said.

Former dispatcher accused of refusing to return $1.2M accidentally deposited into account

 A former sheriff's dispatcher in a suburb of New Orleans has been arrested, accused of refusing to return more than $1.2 million that had been accidentally deposited into her brokerage account, authorities said.

Police take AK-47 from child during overdose investigation

Police in Louisiana had to take away a loaded AK-47 from a young child in the back seat of a car as his father overdosed in the front seat.

New Orleans hospital marks 10,000th COVID-19 recovery with jazz band sendoff

Miriam Bertrand, 72, was the Ochsner Medical Center’s 10,000th successful recovery from COVID-19 and received a jubilant sendoff — which included a jazz band performance.