WNTZ-TV (Lafayette, LA)

WNTZ-TV serves as the Fox affiliate for the Alexandria, Louisiana Designated Market Area (DMA). Although it is licensed in Natchez, Mississippi, it actually falls under the Jackson, Mississippi DMA. Additionally, WNTZ-TV has a secondary partnership with MyNetworkTV. The station is operated by Nexstar Broadcasting Group.

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1 dead, multiple injured in nightclub shooting early Sunday morning

5 days ago | cenlanow.com | Storm ZekearShop NowUndo |Trinity Velazquez |Michael Scheidt

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Coastal Carolina pitcher says 'not a whole lot' to like about LSU

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Michael Scheidt

WNTZ-TV FOX 48 | CenLANow.com Video Coastal Carolina talks about LSU at press conference Top news for Louisiana and Baton Rouge today Border Report Live: Going After the Cartels on Land … LA28 and IOC officials maintain confidence athletes … How much money did the first NASCAR champion win … KTAL News Daily Sports Headlines 6/5 Omaha Bound: Inside the Men’s College World Series How the Rocco’s Jello Shot Challenge started All NASCAR drivers must weigh exactly this much LSU Freshman Outfielder...
Border Report Live: DPS Lt. Chris Olivarez

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Fernie Ortiz

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott launched Operation Lone Star in 2001 as a response to surges in migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. The border security initiative, which remains in place and has cost Texans more than $11 billion, sent troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety as well a members of the Texas Army National Guard to the border.
El Paso tops US in migrant encounters in May

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Julian Resendiz

Officials hope military presence north of Rio Grande and Mexican pressure on smugglers will spare migrants futile venture EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – El Paso continues to lead the nation when it comes to detaining people coming over from Mexico illegally. The El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol recorded 2,014 illegal entries in May, followed by Tucson, Arizona, with 1,588 and the Rio Grande Valley Sector of Texas with 1,439.
Border Report Live: Water battles between the US and Mexico persist

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Fernie Ortiz

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — President Donald Trump recently addressed Mexico’s failure to pay the water it owes the U.S. under a decades-old treaty. Under the 1944 treaty, Mexico must send 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. from the Rio Grande every five years, and the United States is to pay Mexico 1.5 million acre-feet of water annually via the Colorado River out West. Mexico, however, has fallen behind on its payments.
John Fetterman signals '100 percent' support for targeting Iran's supreme leader

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Tara Suter

(The Hill) – Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Tuesday said Israel should have targeted Iran’s supreme leader as tit-for-tat air strikes between the two Middle Eastern rivals continued into its fifth day. “Yeah, 100 percent,” Fetterman replied when asked in an interview with Fox News about the sentiment. “Yeah, I think they should have targeted him,” the Pennsylvania Democrat told “America’s Newsroom,” referring to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Neighbors with no water cope with triple-digit heat

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Julian Resendiz

Border cities open ‘cooling centers,’ but residents in outskirts of Juarez can’t get there EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Health officials in El Paso and in Juarez, Mexico, are urging residents to take precautions as temperatures will remain in the triple digits the next few days.
Louisiana to get $69M in Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, AG says

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Allison Bruhl

by: Allison Bruhl Posted: Jun 19, 2025 / 08:27 AM CDT Updated: Jun 19, 2025 / 08:27 AM CDT BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Attorney General Liz Murrill said Louisiana will receive $69 million from the multi-billion-dollar Purdue Pharma opioid settlement. Fifty-five attorneys general agreed to sign on to a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and Sackler family members.
Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace deal on June 27, a major step in ending fighting in eastern Congo

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Wilson McMakin |Saleh Mwanamilongo

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Congo and Rwanda will sign a peace agreement in Washington on June 27 that aims to ending fighting in eastern Congo, the two countries and the U.S. State Department said. Congo has accused Rwanda of backing M23 rebels in its mineral-rich eastern region across the border with Rwanda. U.N. experts say the rebels are supported by about 4,000 troops from Rwanda, which has denied backing M23.
Omaha Bound: Inside the Men’s College World Series

1 week ago | cenlanow.com | Allison Bruhl

Videos in this article are from the Arkansas Nexstar station KNWA’s Omaha College World Series special. BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The LSU Tigers return to Omaha, Nebraska, to compete in the Men’s College World Series for the 20th time in program history.