With the new name, the Erie Moon Mammoths, came a new mascot: a giant purple mammoth with tusks, a long snout, wearing a black and lavender Moon Mammoths jersey and an astronaut helmet. The back of ...

Danny Santiny said he'd never seen a Louisiana black bear in the wild before harvesting a trophy during the state's first hunting season.

A military veteran who earned a Purple Heart as a combat soldier harvested what may be the largest black bear in Louisiana during the state's first hunting season in two generations. Deron Santiny ...