On May 30, 1905, Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon, opened to the public. Today, it is one of the oldest continually running amusement parks in the United States and the only remaining ...

This magical part of Louisiana is now known as the Southeast Louisiana Gumbo Trail. While this title might make you think of just delicious places to eat gumbo, it is so much more. In this article, we ...

A Louisiana plantation-turned-resort burns, prompting a reckoning. Roughly an hour away, another plantation is working to honor the history of those once enslaved. May 25, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT.

The Department of Justice announced Thursday that the former Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has been indicted.

After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footag… ...

Since May 15, when the news broke of a fire which burned Nottoway Plantation, the largest antebellum plantation in the South, to the ground, Black folks have been sharing their excitement all ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Shreveport police do not suspect foul play but are investigating the discovery Friday morning of a woman's body submerged in water at The Oaks of Louisiana on Flournoy Lucas Road.

The owner of the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the South — which burned to the ground this week — hopes the 166-year-old Louisiana home will rise again. Fire officials believe the ...

Louisiana's historic Nottoway Plantation burned to the ground after a devastating fire broke out on Thursday. Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle calls it a "total loss." ...

Authorities say a fire has destroyed a sprawling mansion on a former Louisiana sugar plantation. Flames ripped through the Nottoway Plantation House, destroying much of the historic structure. It w… ...

WHITE CASTLE, La. (WAFB/Gray News) - Louisiana authorities say the main building at the historic Nottoway Plantation is considered a “total loss” following a massive, destructive fire.