Associated Press

Investigators said they believe that a convicted murderer and former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozark s" has likely fled Arkansas after escaping from prison last month, a federal court filing released this week shows

Louisiana lawmakers have for the third consecutive year rejected a bill that would have added some rape cases to the narrow list of exceptions to the state’s abortion ban. Two Democrats sided with Republicans on Tuesday in rejecting the bill that would have allowed abortion in cases where the victim is under the age of 17 and impregnated as a result of the sexual offense.

A man who identifies himself as New Orleans jail escapee has released videos on social media while still on the run from authorities. A senior law enforcement official says authorities were so convinced the videos were authentic that they searched a home late Monday where they believe escapee Antoine Massey recorded them.

Little Rock was bidding to become the first team with a losing record to reach a super regional. Now LSU will host unseeded West Virginia, winner of the Clemson Regional, next weekend

As hurricane season begins, experts in storms and disasters are worried about massive cuts to the federal system that forecasts, tracks and responds to the storms. Experts are alarmed over the large-scale staff reductions, travel and training restrictions and grant cut-offs at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

LSU Shreveport is the first college baseball team on record to go unbeaten. The Pilots finished 59-0 when they won the NAIA championship in Lewiston, Idaho, on Friday with a 13-7 victory over Southeastern of Florida. The Pilots have appeared in the NAIA national tournament every year since 2005 and the NAIA World Series in 2021, 2022 and 2025. They’re 270-49 in six seasons under coach Brad Neffendorf. NCAA Division III Trinity of Connecticut held the previous record for winning percentage when it went 45-1 in 2008 for a .978 clip.

New Orleans celebrated the repatriation and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century. On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service and jazz funeral honored their final resting place at the Hurricane Katrina Memorial. The people had passed away between 1871 and 1872 at a hospital in New Orleans, researchers say.

The Southeastern Conference is ratcheting up penalties on schools whose fans storm the field or rush the court, doing away with an escalating fine system and now charging $500,000 per incident. The conference also has the authority to wave the fine if the visiting team and officials are allowed to get to the locker room before fans descend onto the field or court.

Arkansas authorities are looking at whether a prison kitchen job played a role in the escape of a convicted former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.” A prison system spokesperson said Thursday that Grant Hardin was housed in a maximum-security wing of the Calico Rock prison he escaped from over the weekend. Hardin got away Sunday after donning an outfit designed to look like a law enforcement uniform. He was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape. The FBI has announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to Hardin's arrest.

The lawsuits come a little over a month after Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the legislation restricting pharmacy benefit managers, also known as PBMs, which run prescription drug coverage for big clients that include health insurers and employers that provide coverage.