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Ponchatoula, LA

New Orleans, LA

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Four New Orleans city employees were hospitalized briefly Wednesday (March 22) morning while cleaning up an illegally dumped plastic drum, according to officials. The New Orleans Fire Department says Dept. of Transportation and Development (DOTD) workers were removing drums of chemicals illegally dumped under a bridge...

4 New Orleans city employees hospitalized after cleaning illegally dumped chemical drums, officials say

Arabi, LA

ST. BERNARD PARISH (WVUE) - Looking at the video from the FOX 8 drone, we could see how much Arabi has changed since an EF3-rated tornado tore through the community a year ago. Vacant lots still pepper the neighborhood but when we compared it to last year, there were no...

Arabi neighborhood looks back one year after EF3 tornado

Florida State

Baton Rouge, LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Police are looking for a Florida man last seen in downtown Baton Rouge after dropping off his family at a hotel. Baton Rouge Police detectives say Jody Bert, 44, was driving with his family back home to Florida when he started feeling bad. The family...

Florida man missing in Baton Rouge; wallet found in car

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge police detailed new information about the circumstances surrounding the death of Nathan Millard. According to BRPD spokesperson L’Jean McKneely, Millard allegedly overdosed on a drug called “blue magic”. “It was blue magic, but it had some form of fentanyl in...

What is ‘blue magic’? Advocate explains dangers around drug Nathan Millard allegedly overdosed and died from

Tickets go on sale Wednesday, March 22, for the 2023 St. Jude Dream Home giveaway in New Orleans!. Tickets are $100 while supplies last. Only 23,000 tickets will be sold. In just a few months, one lucky ticket buyer will win a brand-new house, built by Hyman Bartolo Jr. Contractors, Inc.

Enter to win the 2023 St. Jude Dream Home

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Mayor Cantrell announces the demolition of a business her violent crime reduction task force found to be a cause of concern in the city. The announcement comes as council member Helena Moreno says the task force is overdue for a progress report. Moreno sent a letter...

Violent crime task force sets date for City Council progress update

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Fox 8 has confirmed with the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters that the signatures in the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell have been turned into the governor’s office. Tomorrow is the deadline set for certification. The office of Gov. John Bel Edwards...

New Orleans mayor recall signatures turned in to La. governor’s office

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday (March 25) to change requirements for short-term rental owners and operators. The council voted to limit the number of short-term rentals to three per city square, which can include more than one street. Short-term rental owners would be put...

City council votes to change requirement for short term rental owners and operations

Arkansas State

Fayetteville, AR

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Because storms are possible Friday evening, No. 1 LSU and No. 6 Arkansas have decided to start their baseball game earlier in the day. The game was originally scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. The first pitch will now be thrown at noon. Both teams...

LSU-Arkansas Game 1 time moved up due to weather forecast

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Man dies in space heater-related house fire in Ponchatoula

PONCHATOULA, La. (WVUE) - A 77-year-old man died in a house fire caused by a space heater in Ponchatoula Friday evening, according to the Louisiana State...

Man dies in space heater-related house fire in Ponchatoula

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