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New Orleans, LA

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Baton Rouge, LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) -- House Bill 321 -- also known as the Truth and Transparency Act -- advanced through Louisiana’s Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday (May 30) and could transform the way information on accused juvenile offenders is shielded from the public. If signed into law, the measure...

Bill to pull more juvenile court data into the light in five parishes advances from first committee

Bogalusa, LA

WASHINGTON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - A 24-year-old Honduran man drowned while vacationing in Louisiana for the Memorial Day weekend, authorities report. The incident happened on Sunday, May 28, at White Sands Lake in Bogalusa, Louisiana. The Washington Parish Coroner’s Office says the man, whose identity is being withheld at this...

Honduran man drowns on holiday visit to Louisiana

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Houston, TX

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Chalmette man accused of murdering a restaurant employee outside of Mandina’s last month also is accused of killing a 15-year-old Texas boy outside a Houston apartment complex eight days later, authorities said. A court filing in Harris County (Texas) District Court shows the Houston...

Suspect in Mandina’s murder accused of killing teen in Texas days later

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A teen offender escaped from custody Wednesday (May 31) after being transported to a juvenile court hearing in New Orleans, authorities said. A law enforcement source identified the escapee as a 17-year-old Curtis Tassin, who last year was one of five teens who escaped from the Bridge City Center for Youth. Tassin also escaped in the summer of 2021 from the Swanson Correctional Facility near Monroe.

Authorities searching for escaped juvenile offender in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A woman was gravely wounded when she was shot Monday afternoon (May 29) in an Algiers neighborhood, New Orleans police said. Initial reports indicated the victim had been shot in the back of the head around 4:47 p.m. in the 1200 block of Casa Calvo Street.

Woman gravely wounded by gunshot Monday in Algiers, NOPD says

Jefferson Parish, LA

Jean Lafitte, LA

BARATARIA, La. (WVUE) -- Nearly two years after Hurricane Ida, many waterways around Barataria, Jean Lafitte and Grand Isle remain clogged by all types of storm debris. Some fishermen say they can’t get their boats out, but Jefferson Parish has developed a plan. Since Hurricane Ida in August 2021,...

Help on way for Ida-clogged waterways in lower Jefferson Parish

Mississippi State

Grand Isle, LA

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 33-year-old Mississippi man was identified Tuesday (May 30) as the pilot of a small plane who died in a crash last week off the coast of Grand Isle. The Jefferson Parish Coroner’s office said Jonathan George was the man whose body was recovered just off the coast last Thursday, one day after a Cessna 182 operated by a company called Westbank Fishing lost contact with its management during a fish-spotting trip.

Mississippi man identified as pilot who died last week in small plane crash off Grand Isle

Kenner, LA

KENNER, La. (WVUE) -- Neighbors moved quickly to help evacuate children and a wheelchair-bound babysitter from a burning home Tuesday (May 30) in Kenner. Patricia Chaney said some of the young boys she babysits started to smell smoke in the house shortly after 11 a.m. “I had a neighbor run...

Neighbors help children, babysitter escape burning Kenner home

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 24-year-old woman was fatally shot Monday afternoon (May 29) in an Algiers neighborhood, New Orleans police said. Initial reports indicated the victim had been shot in the back of the head around 4:47 p.m. in the 1200 block of Casa Calvo Street. Witnesses told Fox...

Woman fatally shot in car Monday in Algiers, NOPD says

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are investigating the death of a bicyclist near the edge of the Lafitte Greenway. According to police, the crash happened at the intersection of St. Louis Street and N. Claiborne Avenue just before 4 a.m. on Tues., May 30. Authorities say the victim,...

Bicyclist struck, killed near edge of Lafitte Greenway, NOPD says

Tangipahoa Parish, LA

Tangipahoa, LA

TANGIPAHOA, La. (WVUE) - The murder Sunday (May 28) of an aspiring rapper in the village of Tangipahoa has left his family in shock and investigators asking for the community’s help. Calvin Felton -- an 18-year-old who performed as Highway Youngin’ -- was found collapsed in the yard of...

No immediate suspect in Sunday’s killing of Tangipahoa rapper

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An Orleans Parish jail inmate was removed from hospital life support systems Sunday (May 28), two days after being found “unresponsive” in his cell, Sheriff Susan Hutson’s office said. The identity and age of the deceased inmate has not been disclosed. An Orleans...

Orleans jail inmate removed from life support Sunday after being found ‘unresponsive’ two days earlier, OPSO says

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Memorial Day will be hot and sunny. Highs fall in the upper 80s across the area. Humidity stays low for the next few days. A few scattered showers are possible but we remain mostly dry across the area with sunny skies. Tuesday a boundary in the...

Hot for Memorial Day, low humidity continues

Hammond, LA

TANGIPAHOA, La. (WVUE) - An 18-year-old, identified as Calvin Felton of Hammond, was shot and killed, according to Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office. Police say they received a distressing call shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday (May 28), alerting them to an incident on Martin Luther King Drive within the Village of Tangipahoa. Deputies arrived at the location and discovered Felton in the yard of a residence, suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach.

18-year-old found shot, killed in Tangipahoa, police say

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Loyola University New Orleans introduces its first African American president

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Loyola University New Orleans welcomes Xavier Cole, Ed.D, as its first African American president. He will officially become the university’s 18th leader...

Loyola University New Orleans introduces its first African American president

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