New Orleans, LA

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a traffic fatality in the area of 100 Zachary Taylor Drive that left a 16-year-old dead, according to a press release. The incident happened at around 3:04 p.m. on Saturday, the press release said. The driver of a schoolbus...

16-year-old fatally struck by school bus in New Orleans

Jefferson Parish, LA

Marrero, LA

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Detectives with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office are investigating two homicides that happened Saturday on the Westbank. The first homicide happened at about 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of Melba Place in Marrero. According to a sheriff’s office report, deputies were dispatched...

2 men killed in 2 homicides on the Westbank, JPSO reports

Kenner, LA

KENNER, La. — Two women are in the hospital, fighting for their lives, after crashing through a metal barrier and landing in a Kenner canal. Police are still searching for answers to what happened Thursday night. Both neighbors and police tell us this is not the first time some...

Vehicle crashes into Kenner canal, two women in critical condition rescued

NEW ORLEANS — It's the long-awaited development the city, even the state has been waiting for; the redevelopment of the abandoned Six Flags in New Orleans East. But public officials are saying their master plan has some holes. The Six Flags site has been sitting vacant since Hurricane Katrina,...

Officials say plan for redeveloping Six Flags needs to be redone

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS — Trader Joe's is planning to open its first store in New Orleans next year, according to our partners at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate. The California-based grocery chain would open late next year on Tulane Avenue. The store would be 13,000 square feet and have more than 100 parking spaces. This is the same size as the Trader Joe's in Metairie on Veterans Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 2016.

Trader Joe's planning to open a store in New Orleans

MARRERO, La. — A man is dead after a shooting in the 1900 block of Melba Place in Marrero Saturday, according to a press release from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The release said that deputies arrived at the residence and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

Shooting in Marrero leaves man dead, Sheriff says

Texas State

Baton Rouge, LA

A Week of Violence: Louisiana witnessed a shocking 40 shooting incidents over the 7 days, May 29 to June 5, 2022. As America marked the ceremonial start of Summer last year with pool parties and barbecues, the nation marked a grim milestone: 1,000 shootings in 7 days, according to an analysis of shooting data from the National Gun Violence Archive by WWL-TV and its parent company, TEGNA.

She came to see her grandson graduate; she left in an ambulance and died at the hospital

KENNER, La. — A man driving past a fire at a Kenner home stopped to rescue those inside. Thanks to his and others' selfless heroism, more than a dozen people are safe. Jonathan McCray says he's far from a hero, but the man who refuses to be called a hero, did something very heroic.

"I just ran in there" - bystander pulls people and pets out of burning Kenner house

Metairie, LA

METAIRIE, La. — Monday, the Jefferson Parish Fire Department remembered their district chief who lost his battle against cancer. Jimmy Schexnayder died in Houston while undergoing cancer treatment at MD Anderson. Monday afternoon first responders held a procession as his body was returned. Jimmy Schnexnayder was a very special...

Community honors longtime Jefferson Parish District Fire chief

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans mother who family say was shot while her three children were in the home has become the ninth women to be killed in the city in the past six weeks. On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, new information was released about the shooting.

New Orleans mother of three shot and killed, suspect is her boyfriend

Washington Parish, LA

WASHINGTON PARISH, La. — The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans is offering a reward of up to $10k for information on a series of 'suspicious fires' in Washington Parish 'during the past several years,' according to a press release. "Over the past several years,...

ATF Bureau offering $10k reward for information on suspicious Washington Parish fires

NEW ORLEANS — Friday – New Orleans police arrested Lostin Lee in connection with the shooting death of a woman in the 3800 block of General Taylor in the Broadmoor neighborhood. She was also 34 years old. According to police, Lee initially reported the shooting, was detained, transported...

Woman shot and killed in New Orleans hours before National Gun Violence Awareness Day

Florida State

KENNER, La. — AAA projects this Memorial Day weekend could be the busiest airports have seen since 2005. On Sunday at Armstrong International, many people were flying home from a weekend in the Big Easy. Evonne Vandenberg was celebrating her bachelorette. “It was a little bit busy going through...

Armstrong International sees busy Memorial Day weekend

KENNER, La. — A good Samaritan helped Kenner Fire Department firefighters rescue several pets from a house fire Tuesday morning. The house in the 2400 block of Reverend Richard Wilson Drive also serves as a neighborhood daycare according to our partners at The Times-Picayune. Jonathan McCray was driving by...

"Grabbing them dogs" | Man helps rescue pets from a fire at a Kenner daycare

Washington State

Bogalusa, LA

BOGALUSA, La. — A man visiting from Honduras drowned Sunday in Bogalusa, according to the Washington Parish Sheriff’s Office. He was identified by the coroner as 24-year-old Oscar Molina Torres. Torres was at White Sands Lake Day Beach, when he reportedly had been submerged in the water and...

Man visiting from Honduras drowns in Bogalusa

Ponchatoula, LA

PONCHATOULA, La. — A Ponchatoula High School freshman has won the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for Louisiana's First Congressional District, according to a press release from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise's (R-La.) office. JLynne Hamberger's winning artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year alongside the...

Ponchatoula High Schooler's award-winning art piece to be displayed in U.S. Capitol

METAIRIE, La. — Crazy Hotpot opened in Metairie in January. “It was a rough start," Christopher Do said. “We were still trying to figure out how to get food out to customers, and it was just the wrong program.”. Now some of their servers are getting attention. Specifically,...

Robots serve the appetizers at a new Metairie restaurant

Gretna, LA

GRETNA, La. — When you visit Google.com, you're greeted with the iconic red, blue, yellow and green letters that spell 'Google.'. Sometimes the word features art commemorating a special holiday, person or event. On June 6th, we'll learn if a Gretna student's artwork could grace the site. At 13...

Gretna student places in national Doodle for Google competition

Houma, LA

NEW ORLEANS — Do your legs ache, cramp, or swell? There is a condition that you may have that millions in the U.S. have been living with for years, that is being misdiagnosed. And it's a condition that can, in many cases, be easily treated, and people worldwide are...

Treatable leg vein conditions often go undiagnosed

Lafourche Parish, LA

Larose, LA

LAROSE, La. — Lafourche Parish detectives were able to recover over $122k for a Larose woman who had fallen prey to a phone scan, according to a press release from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's office. Earlier in May, detectives opened an investigation after hearing from a Larose resident that...

Lafourche detectives recover over $122k for phone scam victim

KENNER, La. — In a touching tribute, a local artist painted a portrait of the 12-year-old boy who died when an ice cream truck crashed through his Kenner home. In the piece, he's dressed as a superhero. Javier Adrian Flores Fajardo loved school, soccer, and Superman. He's now a...

Local artist paints portrait of organ donor Adrian Fajardo as a superhero

Houston, TX

BATON ROUGE, La. — Joe Redfield and Justin Wishkoski hit three-run home runs and Sam Houston defeated Tulane 10-2 on Sunday in the completion of a suspended game at the Baton Rouge Regional. The game was completed Sunday after a long lightning delay on Saturday led to its suspension.

Redfield, Wishkoski blast home runs, Sam Houston finishes off Tulane in Baton Rouge Regional

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Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighbors frustrated over 'ridiculous' roadwork delays

NEW ORLEANS — The never-ending roadwork across New Orleans continues to turn everyday tasks into challenges. Especially, for the residents living in the Marlyville-Fontainebleau area. According...

Marlyville-Fontainebleau neighbors frustrated over 'ridiculous' roadwork delays

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