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A Love Letter To New Orleans
Without our ancestors, there would be no New Orleans. This country tries to hide the truth of our genius, but your existence reveals what it means to build, resist and remember. Dear New Orleans,. Everyone knows that those blessed and highly favored enough to be born Black and raised in...
Algiers residents say they've had three power outages in just a few weeks
NEW ORLEANS — An Algiers man says he had to leave his home Sunday because he had no A/C. He says he and his neighbors in English Turn have lost power three times over the last couple of weeks, and they've had enough. Dr. Billy Hawkins told WWL Louisiana,...
A Jefferson Parish deputy is the first-ever to be convicted of homicide. He got probation.
The first Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy to be convicted of illegally killing a person in the line of duty will serve no jail time after a judge sentenced him Tuesday to three years of probation for the Marrero shooting death of Daniel Vallee. Isaac Hughes, 31, had been charged with...
'I saw nothing but blood': Man shot dead at Little Woods home, New Orleans police say
A man was fatally shot in Little Woods early Wednesday, police said, in what a witness described as an attack by masked assailants. Officers responded to a call at 8:04 a.m. in the 10800 block of Kinneil Road, where they found a man with at least one gunshot wound, according to police, who had not yet released the victim's name as of Wednesday afternoon.
2 arrested in connection to deadly shooting in LaPlace, sheriff's office says
Authorities have identified a man who was shot to death in a LaPlace home last Wednesday and arrested two people in connection with the shooting, according to St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office. Officers responded to a call at about 12:45 p.m. in the 1500 block of Bell Point Boulevard,...
Jefferson Parish murder suspect who escaped custody murder trial pushed to September
A Jefferson Parish man accused of escaping from Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office custody in March has had his murder trial date pushed back. Leon Ruffin is accused of killing Gannon Johnson. His trial was supposed to begin Monday, but was pushed to September 9. Before his trial was set to...
Cardell Hayes expected to be re-sentenced
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The man convicted of killing former Saints star Will Smith is expected to be resentenced Monday (June 10). Defense attorneys for Cardell Hayes filed a motion to the court claiming Hayes’ 25-year sentence was illegal. In January, he was convicted of manslaughter in a retrial.
Records say Tangipahoa jail warden threatened to kill an Orleans Parish inmate in 2020
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office records show the man now serving as warden of the Tangipahoa Parish jail threatened to kill an Orleans Parish inmate four years ago while working at the New Orleans jail. Fox 8 obtained the records on Warden Jerry Martin as an...
Williams Seafood & Poboy serves up a great shrimp poboy
Soon after starting our poboy of the week series, we got a reader email saying the best New Orleans poboys could be found at Williams Seafood & Poboy in Kenner. Why it matters: Obviously, we had to try it out. Zoom in: That email came from Taslin Alfonzo, the communications...
Most rain stays near the coast Tuesday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The front from yesterday is sitting along the coast Tuesday morning and this will be where we see the best chance of rain today. Look for scattered showers and storms across the lower parts of coastal parishes. These likely won’t move much so locally heavy downpours will be possible. Otherwise rain chances are very spotty through the rest of the area.
Organizers remember World’s Fair in New Orleans, 40 years later
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- New Orleanians of a certain age are looking back fondly on an event that transformed the city 40 years ago. The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition -- also known as the World’s Fair -- attracted thousands of visitors and left a lasting mark, but also had to overcome major financial challenges.
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