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New Orleans, LA

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS — Our partners at NOLA.com report that Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is considering throwing his hat into the Louisiana Governor's race. Williams said he is thinking about making a run after numerous attacks against him and 'his city' by Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Jeff Landry.

Orleans DA Jason Williams reportedly considering bid for governor

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

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

NEW ORLEANS — Navigating New Orleans is hard enough as it is. The streets are riddled with potholes and uneven sidewalks can sneak up on you. So, imagine if you were getting around in a wheelchair. Mark Raymond Jr., CEO of The Split Second Foundation, showed City councilmember Helena...

Not so easy to do: N.O. streets hard to handle, so imagine doing so in a wheelchair

NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane season is nearly here, and while New Orleans is no stranger to hurricanes, we can never be too prepared. “We are prepared no doubt about that but I will say, although experts anticipate a normal hurricane season it only takes one storm to make it an active season,” Mayor Cantrell said.

New Orleans begins preparations for Hurricane season

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

Jefferson Parish, LA

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

Denham Springs, LA

DENHAM SPRINGS, La. — The Denham Springs Officer who was wounded in a May 11 shootout at a shopping center has succumbed to his injuries, according to our partners at WBRZ.com. Cpl. Shawn Kelly as well as officers from other local, state and federal agencies had responded to a...

Denham Springs officer wounded in May 11 mall shootout dies

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

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

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

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Houston, TX

HOUSTON — A man accused of fatally shooting a waiter outside of Mandina's Restaurant in New Orleans has been linked to the shooting death of a 15-year-old in Houston, police say. The Houston Police Department said 22-year-old Kyron Keith Fazande has been charged with murder in connection with a...

Accused Mandina's shooting gunman linked to teen's death in Houston a week later

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

Georgia State

ABBEVILLE, La. — Social media can be a tool used for good, and it has been. Some share their lives and their biggest moments. Sometimes, it's how you alert Eyewitness News to your stories. It was through social media that I was alerted to a story that had gone viral about a young man named Tay'shawn Landry who lives in Abbeville, a city in Vermillion Parish.

New Orleans business owner shows kindness to bullying victim

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

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

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating after a 17-year-old male was shot while driving on Interstate 10 in New Orleans. It happened at about 8:13 p.m. Sunday night on I-10 East near Elysian Fields Avenue, according to an NOPD report. Police say the victim was...

NOPD: Teen shot while traveling on I-10E

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

NEW ORLEANS — An Orleans Justice Center inmate died Sunday afternoon, after he was found unresponsive in his cell early Friday morning, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office. The man died at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. The cause of death has not been released, although an OPSO...

Man dies after found unresponsive inside Orleans Justice Center, OPSO says

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. — 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

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New Orleans mayor recall signatures delivered to Governor’s Office

BATON ROUGE, La. — The signatures in the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are counted and delivered to the Governor’s Office in Baton...

New Orleans mayor recall signatures delivered to Governor’s Office

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