The Huey P. Long Field House, a historic LSU facility standing on the Baton Rouge campus for over 90 years, was honored Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting celebrating its restoration project. LSU President ...

Thomas E. Patterson, a Chicago lawyer, is the author of a new biography of Huey Long published by LSU Press. It’s called "American Populist: Huey Long of Louisiana.” Promotional materials describe it ...

The most populist governor of his time, Huey Long’s colorful, charismatic political career came to an end 85 years ago, when he was shot by an assassin inside the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton ...

Bob Mann has written acclaimed books on the Civil Rights era, the Vietnam War, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Ronald Reagan. For his ninth book, he stayed close to home – very close to home. Mann, a mass ...

Tiger Stadium is turning 100, and to celebrate we’re continuing our series about the historic venue. Today, we’ll hear from members of the cheer squad and color guard to learn how they keep up the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - If you grew up in Louisiana, you may have toured the State Capitol on a school field trip. But in case you don’t remember much about the building, it’s full of history and ...

While Huey Pierce Long was being buried at Baton Rouge last week the Press found time to take stock of painful inadvertencies caused by his assassination: ¶ Judge, funnybook, had almost finished its ...

Louisiana’s Huey Long was as close to a dictator as any American governor has ever been. (Library of Congress) The chief justice “has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” President Andrew ...

The beautiful Evangeline Oak in St. Martinville is immortalized in the epic poem 'Evangeline' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ...