Michael Hiltzik, Tribune News Service To address the most important point up front: the wildfires currently spreading across North and South Carolina

According to a report, Louisiana's effective property tax rates ranked 39th highest nationally and better than neighboring states. According to the nonpartisan the Tax Foundation, Louisiana's effective property tax rate was 0.

A South Carolina man convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend's parents has chosen to be put to death by firing squad next month in what would be the first such execution in the United States since 2010.

A powerful storm system will spawn severe weather that's likely to produce tornadoes, damaging winds and hail beginning Monday night and Tuesday in the South before spreading to the East Coast on Wednesday.

BATON ROUGE – LSU senior Aine Donegan posted a 1-under par round of 70 to lead the LSU women’s golf team in the second round of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate Tuesday at the Long Cove Club in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.