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Apartment complex planned for old Belle Promenade mall on Jefferson Parish's West Bank
Developers are planning to break ground later this year on a 324-unit apartment complex on a vacant lot in Marrero that once housed the Belle Promenade mall. The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday signed off on a site plan for The Waters at Promenade, which will feature 10 buildings, as well as a clubhouse, pool and patio, dog park and covered parking areas.
Man, woman injured in West Bank double shooting
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two people were injured in a shooting on Friday night in the 5700 block of Tullis Drive. The incident occurred around 10:13 p.m., according to the New Orleans Police Department. According to police, an unknown male suspect wearing a white shirt and driving a black SUV...
Trial to begin for man accused of killing parents in front of their children
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The trial of Kenneth Augustine, accused of the 2018 murder of Darnisha DeSilva, 22, and her fiancé, Gregory Heisser, 23, is set to commence Monday morning (May 6). The incident unfolded nearly six years ago in the couple’s Little Woods home, where Augustine allegedly shot...
Man wanted for stalking, terrorizing and slew of other crimes in Tangipahoa Parish arrested in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS - A man wanted for multiple crimes, including stalking and terrorizing, was arrested in New Orleans City Park on Friday. The Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office said 69-year-old Maurice Callahan Jr. was found in City Park early Friday and was taken in by U.S. Marshals to the Orleans Parish Jail.
The first 90° day on the way this week
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Little is changing in weather for now as we’re stuck in this hot and humid pattern down here along the Gulf Coast. Today will be no different than this past weekend as a mixture of sun and clouds leads us into a hot afternoon. Highs will climb into the upper 80s with feels like readings getting over 90 for most of the day. There remains that small shower or storm chance as you can’t rule out a random pop up with all the humidity around.
Teens come up with answer to problem that stumped math world for centuries
As the school year ends, many students will be only too happy to see math classes in their rearview mirrors. It may seem to some of us non-mathematicians that geometry and trigonometry were created by the greeks as a form of torture, so imagine our amazement when we heard two high school seniors had proved a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be impossible for 2,000 years. We met Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson at their all-girls Catholic high school in New Orleans. We expected to find two mathematical prodigies.Instead, we found at St. Mary's Academy, all students are told their...
Algiers honors memory of Jezreel Poleate at memorial service
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hundreds gathered Saturday morning (May 4) in Algiers at St. Stephens Baptist Church to pay respects to Jezreel Poleate, a 24-year-old killed last month in a mass shooting outside the Republic Nightclub in New Orleans. Attendees wore purple and displayed pins and pictures of Poleate to...
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