Father Brouillette: Scapular only item recovered from Father Otis Young's burned body

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,...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — Jefferson Parish officials announced this year's lineup for Family Gras 2023. Family Gras is free. This year's music lineup includes Vince Vance, The Jacksons, Imagination Movers, Don Felder, Croce Plays Croce, Hailey Whitters, and Rick Springfield. It will be held on Friday, February 10, and...

NEW ORLEANS — A young girl was shot and killed in the 8000 block of Curran Boulevard Sunday afternoon, according to a press release by the NOPD. Officers responded to the shooting at around 1:41 p.m. on Sunday, according to a press release. Warren Easton Charter High School identified...

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...

NEW ORLEANS — Carnival season is in full swing with the Krewe of Nefertiti rolling through New Orleans East Sunday. The early heavy rain was gone in time for the parade with only a few light showers left. Plenty of people brought their umbrellas and didn't let it deter them.

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide in the 2000 block of Constance Street Sunday night. NOPD officers responded to the scene at around 8:27 p.m. on Sunday night and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. The man died at the scene, according...

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...

COVINGTON, La. — Eight-year-old Jett Gremillion has been found and is safe, Louisiana State Police said Monday morning. The Level II Endangered/Missing Child Advisory for him has been canceled. -Original Story Below- Authorities are asking for the public's help to find a missing 8-year-old who they say was taken...

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...

NEW ORLEANS — Every year Krewe Du Vieux’s parade is one of Check Point Charlie’s busiest days of the year. “Mardi Gras day, Krewe Du Vieux and Halloween are the biggest nights of the year,” Claudia Boyle, a bartender at Check Point Charlie says. “Late afternoon, it starts getting real busy. You know, normally on a Saturday night, we have one or two bartenders, [during Krewe Du Vieux] we have four and a barback and the door guy.”

METAIRIE, La. — A local teenager is trying to make a difference in the fight against cancer. And it all started when Lucy Naquin saw her parents, and a friend's parents, go through a difficult time supporting a child diagnosed with cancer. Now Naquin has rallied many others her...

BOGALUSA, La. — One woman was stabbed another woman was badly cut in a home invasion according to the Bogalusa Police Department. It happened around 2:15 p.m. on Monday in the 900 block of Mercedes Street in Bogalusa Louisiana. When officers arrived on the scene they called for EMS....

NEW ORLEANS — Police in Gonzales arrested eight suspects Thursday night, four of whom are from the New Orleans Metro Area, in connection with a manhunt traced back to Harrison County, Mississippi, according to our partners at WBRZ. The manhunt began after two of the suspects allegedly shot a...

NEW ORLEANS — A favorite burger spot in Metairie will rebuild, according to the owner’s husband, after it caught fire Monday night. Jefferson Parish firefighters responded to Ground Pat'i Grille and Bar around 7 p.m. "Everything pretty much collapsed in here. They have to tear down the whole...

CHALMETTE, La. — Tuesday night a parent's worst nightmare came true. One minute their child was there and the next they weren’t. The parents of a 6-year-old girl went into Meraux Food Store on Paris Road in St. Bernard Parish, leaving her in the car. As they were finishing their shopping, just before 7 p.m., their car was stolen with their daughter inside.

METAIRIE, La. — A police chase through Old Metairie in Jefferson Parish ended with a crash near a preschool. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office has not said what led to the police chase which happened early Thursday morning. According to the sheriff's office, deputies chased a black Ford F-150...

NEW ORLEANS — The nominations for the 95th Academy Awards were announced from Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday, including acting nominations for Hong Chau from New Orleans East and Brian Tyree Henry, who plays a man from New Orleans in Causeway. Chau was nominated in the category of Best...

BAYOU BLUE, La. — On Tuesday night, at 10 p.m., an EF1 tornado touched down in Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes. Thankfully, nobody was reported injured or killed during the damage. While most of South Louisiana was out of the storm's path, people in Bayou Cane and Bayou Blue, which...

CHALMETTE, La. — The St. Bernard Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted carjacking and an auto theft involving a small child Tuesday evening in Chalmette. Deputies responded to a call about an attempted carjacking near Buffon Street and East St. Bernard Highway where victims fled from two male perpetrators driving a silver 2019 Kia SUV.

NEW ORLEANS — In a workshop on the other side of the world, one man has been working for years to restore relics, one by one, from World War II. And now some of those treasures are here in New Orleans for International Holocaust Remembrance Week. And now, that...