BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Pastor Tony Spell says he’s already planning a triumphant Sunday sermon, following a Louisiana Supreme Court decision that declared the state’s COVID restrictions violated ...

A Louisiana preacher who made a name for himself by getting arrested for refusing to respect COVID-19 restrictions last year is now getting attention for an odd gaffe in a the middle of a homophobic ...

I pray for the parents of the kids under 12, especially school-age children. I pray for the Rev. Tony Spell, too. It’s bad enough to live in any state, even a high vaccination-rate state, with a ...

Pastor Tony Spell, who is facing multiple charges for bucking coronavirus restrictions, is pledging to dismiss Louisiana's new mask mandate. "We will never comply," Spell told Newsweek in an email.

A pastor known for flouting pandemic rules by hosting packed church services outed himself as a scofflaw alligator hunter by posting photos of himself with his kill online, authorities say. Within an ...

Louisiana Pastor Tony Spell has been cited by police for killing a 6-foot alligator, as he prepares to stand trial for repeatedly flouting the state's COVID-19 restrictions. Spell, the head of the ...

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) — The Central pastor whose crowded gatherings have openly defied COVID-19-related capacity limits faced another setback in a Baton Rouge court Monday. District ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A plea deal has been offered to a Louisiana pastor who was arrested after he repeatedly defied COVID-19 restrictions put in place in the early days of the pandemic. East Baton ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, La. (BRPROUD) — The ...