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NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating after a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday morning in St. Roch. The shooting happened in the 3000 block of Deers Street. Around 1:44 a.m. NOPD officers responded to an aggravated battery by shooting. Officers found a teen suffering...

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office on Friday was investigating a Marrero party shooting that wounded three people, including a 15-year-old boy. All three victims were in stable condition with injuries that were not life-threatening, said Capt. Jason Rivarde, spokesman for the agency. The gunfire erupted Thursday at about 8:45 p.m....

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police say a juvenile was shot to death in the St. Roch neighborhood overnight. The shooting was reported around 1:44 a.m. Friday in the 3000 block of Deers Street. When officers arrived, they found the young victim wounded from at least one gunshot wound. He...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans man accused of murdering a city court constable was indicted Thursday, according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. John Shallerhorn was indicted for first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm. Shallerhorn was arrested for the murder of Second City Court Reserve Constable...

The Tropical system in the Gulf of Mexico is a bit further east than the National Hurricane Center thought. “The Air Force Hurricane Hunters have been investigating the system and they found a surface center a little to the east…

A 60-year-old woman escaped a kidnapping attempt Uptown on Thursday after an elderly man grabbed her and tried to put her in his car, police said. The woman was in her neighborhood when a man came up to her, grabbed her arm and tried to pull her into his blue sedan, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - One juvenile is dead and another has been arrested following an early Friday morning shooting, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Officials say the shooting happened just before 2 a.m. on June 18 in the 3000 block of Deers Street. According to police, the two...

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says they have arrest Ronnie Pazos, 48, of Metairie for contractor fraud. Investigators say Pazos was also arrested for contractor fraud in 2019, and those charges are still pending and is the subject of multiple ongoing investigations. In the current case, investigators say Pazos is...

RIVER RIDGE, La. — Authorities say a Metairie man is in custody accused of contractor fraud and “ongoing predatory behavior” in the New Orleans metro area. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says 48-year-old Ronnie Pazos is already facing pending charges for contractor fraud in 2019 and is now the subject of multiple ongoing investigations. The sheriff’s office says he is now the subject of multiple ongoing investigations.

Louisiana's governor declared a state of emergency Thursday ahead of heavy rain and other possible effects of an approaching tropical system just weeks into hurricane season. Potential Tropical Cyclone Three is in the Gulf of Mexico and forecast to bring tropical storm conditions to the coast starting Friday. By Thursday night, tropical storm warnings had been issued from Intracoastal City, which is south of Lafayette, east to the Alabama-Florida border, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Chicken Salad Chick has opened its latest location in Slidell, Louisiana, marking the state's second location after the first opened two months ago in Gonzales. Located at 1522 Gause Blvd., the Slidell restaurant will celebrate its grand opening Tuesday by offering free chicken salad for a year to the first 100 guests, according to a company press release.

Update: All lanes are now open on I-10 West at Louisa. A multi-vehicle accident on I-10 West at the downslope of the High Rise Bridge has the two right lanes blocked just past Louisa Street. The Left land and center lane are open to traffic. Authorities say congestion begins at Crowder.

The National Hurricane Center says that Potential Tropical Cyclone Three in the Gulf of Mexico is forecast to become a tropical storm today and make landfall on the Southeast Louisiana coast overnight tonight.

A Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted a Metairie man accused of sexually abusing young girl while she was between the ages of 7 and 9. John Jaramillo, 34, was charged Thursday with first-degree rape of a victim under 13, sexual battery of a victim under 13 and indecent behavior involving a victim under 13, according to Jefferson Parish court records.

The woman found dead this week in Lake Pontchartrain was identified Thursday as the granddaughter of New Orleans culinary legend Willie Mae Seaton. Pamela Seaton, 65, was found Tuesday morning in Lake Pontchartrain between Franklin Avenue and Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans police said. Pamela Seaton was the granddaughter of the late Willie Mae Seaton, who founded the iconic New Orleans restaurant Willie Mae's Scotch House.

More than 385,000 old cases that were languishing in Municipal and Traffic Court were dismissed by New Orleans city attorney Sunni LeBeouf and court judges earlier this month — cutting the number of backlogged open cases in half. The cases dismissed were nonviolent offenses that occurred prior to 2010. The vast majority were traffic violations.