The La. State Fire Marshal's Office continues to investigate the cause of the deadly fire in Raceland and urges everyone to ...

A house fire in Raceland, Louisiana, kills four people, including three children, with investigations focusing on smoke ...

As the inmates were lining up around 8 a.m. to go to work, 51-year-old Emanuel Williams and 44-year-old Earl Harris broke out of the security line and punched the officers in the face and head ...

Ken Pastorick with the state fire marshal’s office says this should serve as a reminder to check your smoke alarms regularly.

The Department of Corrections last Friday moved 18 women into "a separate location at Louisiana State Penitentiary," Ken Pastorick, a DOC spokesperson, said in a statement. Though Pastorick ...

Ken Pastorick, a spokesperson for Louisiana’s Department of Public Safety and Corrections, told The Times-Picayune for a July 1 report that Angola had added air-conditioning to four living areas ...

Ken Pastorick, spokesman for the state Department of Corrections, said Fair was released on good time parole supervision on Friday, Dec. 29, "after serving the prison time required by law." ...

Ken Pastorick, an LDOC spokesperson, said in a statement to CNN that the department is reviewing the report and that it “will continue to work with DOJ throughout this process.” ...

Ken Pastorick, a spokesman for the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections, said in a statement that the body of Kenneth Gleason was discovered by guards shortly after midnight.

Guards at the correctional facility in Angola found Kenneth Gleason “unresponsive and hanging in his cell” shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Ken Pastorick, a spokesman for the state ...