Fig Street house ravaged by two-alarm fire for the fourth time in 2022

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Esplanade at City Park Apartment complex is a towering presence, but tenants say lately living there is trying their patience. Since Saturday (Jan. 21), they say they have had partial or total power outages. Joyce Gregory lives in the multi-floor building. “It’s just tough, it’s...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man found dead in a building fire was shot before firefighters pulled his body from the ashes of his man cave, according to an autopsy report. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office says Larry Williams, 64, died of a gunshot wound on Sunday, Jan. 15 in the Pigeon Town neighborhood.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that Mardi Gras krewes could prepare to roll down traditional routes with the security they need, smaller krewes say they’re struggling. Traditionally, parades that don’t roll out in the two weeks leading up to and on Fat Tuesday have to...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans officials say they plan to have most interstate lights operational in the weeks following Mardi Gras, with a contractor already beginning repairs on some major stretches of I-10 and I-610. City residents and visitors have become accustomed to poor or inoperative lighting on the...

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A New Orleans man was arrested Thursday (Jan. 26) morning after deputies say that a stolen car, also from New Orleans, crashed after a chase with authorities. The stolen car pursuit is not connected to the incident of similar nature that occurred on Wednesday (Jan. 25)...

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies were searching for two armed suspects they shot at near an apartment complex in Metairie late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning (Jan. 26). A JPSO spokesman said Thursday at 1:15 a.m. that the two suspects remained at large, after...

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - Two armed robbery suspects remain at large and another man was arrested in two separate car chases and crashes in less than 12 hours in Jefferson Parish. Both crashes involved cars stolen from New Orleans. In the first instance, a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office spokesman says...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two people were shot about four minutes and four miles apart Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 25), New Orleans police said. A man was shot in the chest at 4:02 p.m. in the 5300 block of Marais Street in the Ninth Ward. The NOPD confirmed the victim had died shortly before 5 p.m.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has now identified all three people, including a 14-year-old girl, who officials say were found dead from gunshot wounds in a home near the Fairgrounds earlier this month. Authorities say the bodies of two adult men, Alonzo Jackson, 50, Wilmon...

WESTWEGO, La. (WVUE) - A crash at River Road and Rivet Blvd. is causing traffic delays, according to Louisiana State Police. A state police spokesperson said that there was a crash with minor injuries and wreckers are on the scene clearing the roadways. The crash is subject to an active...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two New Orleans police officers are under criminal investigation and accused of violating NOPD policy, officials say. The NOPD said on Wed., Jan. 25 that Sgt. Dylan Pazon and Officer Brittany Kimbrough were reassigned by the department’s Public Integrity Bureau for violating policy. It is unclear what policy was violated.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Business is already picking up at local Mardi Gras stores across the city as carnival krewes prepare to embark on their original routes this season. Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced during a press conference on Jan. 25. Cantrell also said the city had secured an extra 150...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Police Department is searching for information into the death of a man who was found gunned down in the Plum Orchard neighborhood earlier this month. The NOPD says Janis Gailis, 30, was found shot to death just after midnight on Jan. 17 in...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell publicly addressed a divorce filing that claims she had an affair with a former member of her security team. Cantrell called the allegations false in a press conference Wednesday (Jan. 25) at City Hall. In the filing, the wife of NOPD...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In an effort to combat an ongoing crime wave, the New Orleans Police Department is stepping up efforts to track offenders who are ordered to wear electronic monitoring devices. More than 300 accused offenders in Orleans Parish are currently court-ordered to wear electronic bracelets and ankle...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says all major Mardi Gras parades will be able to return to their traditional routes. The city has secured an extra 150 officers needed to return crews to their original routes, Mayor Cantrell said in a press conference on Wed., Jan. 25.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A line of strong to severe storms will move in Tuesday night, bringing a threat of damaging winds, tornadoes, and heavy rainfall. Timing looks like 8-9pm north west and north shore, 9-11pm continued north and metro south shore. 11-1am Mississippi Gulf coast. Temperatures will continue to...

GRAY, La. (WVUE) - Two men were arrested and accused of carjacking a couple at gunpoint in Lafourche Parish Tuesday (Jan. 24), according to the sheriff’s office. Sheriff Craig Webre said that Michael Jules and Javonte Miller held a couple up at gunpoint just before noon in the Cypress Court Trailer Park in Gray. The man and woman reportedly gave up their vehicle and another item to Jules and Miller, Webre said.

THIBODAUX, La. (WVUE) - The City of Thibodaux celebrates its Cajun heritage and music in twice-a-month jam sessions. And this month, the music and dancing took on the look of Mardi Gras, as Dave McNamara reports in the Heart of Louisiana. To read more, visit the Heart of Louisiana archive...