Police: Ruth Prats is 2nd victim in Covington killing; police believe crime was random

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Three individuals are in custody following a police pursuit on the Huey P. Long Bridge that ended in a crash around noon on Wednesday. Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Police patrol the bridge over the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish. According to Causeway GM Carlton Dufrechou, an officer tried to stop a vehicle that was being operated in a reckless manner on the bridge. The driver reportedly refused to stop and sped off the bridge, eastbound down Jefferson Highway and tried to cross over into the westbound lanes before crashing into another vehicle.

NEW ORLEANS — The crime in the city often comes up in regular conversations as it impacts so many New Orleanians. As the interim NOPD chief laid out her plans, locals shared their thoughts. Stan Norwood is a barber at Dennis' Barber Shop. He works to mentor his young...

NEW ORLEANS — The suspect booked with negligent homicide in the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old girl Sunday told detectives that “he was playing with a gun” that belonged to a friend when it accidentally discharged, according to court records. Kennedi Belton, a freshman at Warren Easton...

NEW ORLEANS — While New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announces that crime tracking data shows a downward trend in the first few weeks of 2023, The New Orleans Police Department is still dealing with violent crime in the streets on a nearly daily basis. Overnight, two people became the...

HOUMA, La. — A Louisiana State Police investigation into insurance fraud resulted in 16 arrests in the Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes. In May of 2021, the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit Houma Field Office began investigating a complaint of criminal fraud against a supplemental health insurance provider.

NEW ORLEANS — ATM thieves have struck again in New Orleans. This time it happened Uptown at a gas station convenience store. Workers at the Tchoup Stop spent the day cleaning up. According to a store employee, security video shows a white Ford pickup truck with a metal bumper...

SLIDELL, La. — The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said they arrested four suspects after a January 28 shooting left a Slidell man with life-threatening injuries, according to a press release. Slidell Police Department was investigating the shooting but turned it over to STPSO after they determined the shooting...

NEW ORLEANS — Acting New Orleans Police Chief Michelle Woodfork announced her new plan to reduce the city's crime problem on Thursday. "We're as tired of the crime as the public is," Woodfork said at a press conference. "We want to make New Orleans safe." Woodfork said her plan...

SLIDELL, La. — Authorities have identified the body of a man found dead alongside a Slidell road early Monday morning. The St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office said 57-year-old Chris E. Warren of Slidell, La., was discovered alongside Manzella Road near Slidell in the early morning hours. The man's death was reported to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office.

NEW ORLEANS — The supplemental Mardi Gras security plan in New Orleans is still a work in progress. But Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has said there is enough interest from law enforcement across the state to be able to secure full parade routes this year. Washington Parish Sheriff...

NEW ORLEANS — A freshman who attended Warren Easton High School was shot and killed this weekend while at a girls' sleepover. A 19-year-old has been arrested, but the family still has a lot of questions about what happened. Kennedi Belton was 15 years old. "Kennedi laughed all day,...

NEW ORLEANS — Two New Orleans police officers who were exposed to fentanyl three weeks ago while responding to a call, needed Narcan to recover from the exposure, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Wednesday morning at her weekly press briefing. Cantrell said that the officers picked up a bag or...

NEW ORLEANS — Orleans Parish Coroner Dwight McKenna deals with death every day. In 2022, nearly 500 of those deaths were from overdoses — most of them caused by Fentanyl. "I've never seen anything like this," McKenna said. "I like to call Fentanyl the Angel of Death." In...

NEW ORLEANS — Homeowners in the Carrolton area are saying they need help getting an abandoned hauling truck that’s becoming an eyesore removed from their neighborhood. Jason Dumas said the truck has been parked on Fern Street for several weeks, and now it’s becoming a dumpster of sorts alongside a major construction zone that has made roads surrounding his home impassable.

BATON ROUGE, La. — A new video published Thursday shows Louisiana State University student Madison Brooks leaving a Tigerland bar shortly before authorities say she was raped and fatally struck by a car. The video, which was published by WBRZ-TV, reportedly shows Brooks leaving with four men outside of...

METAIRIE, La. — A police chase in Jefferson Parish Thursday morning ended in a car crashing into a Metairie preschool. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies spotted a car that had been reported stolen out of New Orleans. They attempted a traffic stop, but the driver sped off. Officers chased the truck to a dead end street on Metairie Ave and Hesper Ave.

NEW ORLEANS — Mardi Gras parades are made from their traditions. Krewes take pride in what they throw, the route they ride and even their day of the week. But while most parades are celebrating the return to their traditional routes this year, the krewedelusion is being pushed to a new date and route.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Attorneys for three of the four men facing rape charges after an LSU student was fatally struck by a car say security and cell phone video from the night of the crash will prove that their clients are innocent. In a joint news conference on...

TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. — A house fire caused by a space heater in Pontchatoula took the life of a 77-year-old man and injured his wife on Friday, according to a press release from the Louisiana State Fire Marshal. The Ponchatoula Fire Department responded to a report of a house...

NEW ORLEANS — Diedre Pierce Kelly qualified as a candidate for Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge last week with a slew of endorsements from the political establishment, including U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, five state legislators, all three criminal court clerks and six of the seven City Council members. Kelly...