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Jefferson Parish launches new effort to combat drug overdoses
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Jefferson Parish is opening a Narcan distribution site in different locations to combat drug overdoses. Narcan, also known as naloxone, is designed to rapidly reverse the life-threatening effects of an overdose from opioids, including heroin, fentanyl and prescription opioid medications. Every Thursday, anyone over the...
Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's deputies led on a chase into Orleans Parish
NEW ORLEANS — A heavy police presence was reported Thursday night on General De Gaulle Drive near MacArthur Boulevard. A witness reported to WDSU a car had crashed in the parking lot of the Brother's Food Mart and gas station. New Orleans police said they are assisting the Plaquemines...
Earl Weaver, retired Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office chief, dies
NEW ORLEANS — The law enforcement community is mourning the loss of one of its own. On Thursday, the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office announced that retired Chief Earl Weaver had died. Weaver served the agency for 49 years. A journey that began in December 1973, according to officials. The...
New Orleans police searching for car involved in deadly hit-and-run crash
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a car that they believe was involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash. The crash happened on Saturday in the 8500 block of the Interstate 10 Service Road. Police say the driver of a...
Two displaced, several cats dead in Westwego house fire, officials say
Two people were displaced and several cats were killed in a two-alarm fire that ignited at a Westwego house early Wednesday morning, according to Westwego Volunteer Fire Company No. 1. Firefighters were dispatched to the 1100 block of Avenue D at 2:21 a.m., where heavy, black smoke was billowing from...
Cardell Hayes sentenced in fatal shooting of former Saints star Will Smith
NEW ORLEANS — Cardell Hayes was sentenced to 25 years, again, for manslaughter in the fatal shooting of ex-Saints star Will Smith. Hayes faced up to 40 years. Cardell Hayes was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of Smith in January, and he was also found not guilty of the attempted manslaughter of Smith's wife, Racquel.
Commentary: With New Orleans under siege, Cantrell goes AWOL
Gov. Jeff Landry’s non-stop assault on New Orleanians’ right to self-governance has been met with an equally disturbing non-response from Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Other local officials have stepped up, thankfully. City Council President Helena Moreno and state Reps. Jason Hughes and Aimee Adatto Freeman have pushed for state funding to feed poor kids, while Rep. Mandie Landry and Sen. Royce Duplessis — all New Orleans Democrats — are fighting for homeowners amid Louisiana’s property insurance crisis.
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