Six people -- including two juveniles -- were arrested at the scene of a high school football game in Houma on Friday night (Oct. 15), the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said.
A 72-year-old man was pushed to the ground and had his keys and vehicle taken from him Friday (Oct. 15) outside his Bywater home, when an assailant turned down his offer to take $20 instead, New Orleans police said.
Residents and businesses in the Fontainebleau and Broadmoor neighborhoods were left with little to no water pressure early Saturday (Oct. 16) after a motorist reportedly struck a fire hydrant near the corner of Nashville Avenue and Fontainebleau Drive.
The Orleans Parish Municipal and Traffic Court announced it will re-open Monday (Oct. 18) at a temporary location, the former Veterans Administration building at 1601 Perdido St.
A new tool can give first responders real-time surveillance of drug overdoses across Orleans Parish. It’s called Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program, or ODMAP, and the district attorney’s office believes it will help ease the opioid crisis.
A spokesman with the Baton Rouge Police Department has confirmed four of the five escapees that escaped from the East Baton Rouge Juvenile Detention Center Thursday night are now in custody.
The Baton Rouge Police Department and the Southern University Police Department are investigating after two individuals, who were not students, were shot just before 3:30 a.m. in a residential area on campus.
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto shared information in an interview Thursday night that he has signed an $8.77 million contract for body cameras that officers will be required to wear on duty.
New Orleans Emergency Medical Services will be the first ground ambulances in the region to carry blood for emergency transfusions for patients with traumatic injuries.
One of the biggest names in gaming has chosen New Orleans for his new headquarters as the video game design industry is really starting to blossom across the region.
The La. Workforce Commission held an online job fair on Wednesday. The agency said earlier in the day that more than 31,000 jobs are available statewide.
A Louisiana State trooper accused of striking and killing a pedestrian with his vehicle in Jasper County, Texas, in August has been arrested for intoxication manslaughter, according to Louisiana State Police.
It happened Sunday night, just after 7:30 in the 2200 block of Burgundy, but the family fears in the midst of all the violence this city experienced over the weekend, his case may be forgotten.
Police say that the suspect, an unidentified man, demanded that the manager open a safe in the store. The victim complied and the suspect fled the scene.
Orleans Parish prosecutors have refused more felony cases than they have accepted in the first eight months of District Attorney Jason Williams' term, a study by the Metropolitan Crime Commission found
It is an atypical campaign season in New Orleans due to Hurricane Ida. Political pundits also say Mayor Latoya Cantrell is in good shape heading into the November 13 election as she seeks re-election.
