The competition for recognition at The Advocate's annual Star of Stars awards is fierce and befitting of the athletes and coaches who are part of our metro area sports scene.

NEW ORLEANS — Newly obtained photos from inside the Orleans Parish Jail appears to show the physical breach that allowed 11 inmates to escape Friday morning — and a handwritten message that ...

A Livingston-based attorney is overseeing a new anti-human trafficking program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime. The program is administered by ...