Tangipahoa Parish, LA

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New Orleans, LA

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (WVUE) - Authorities from Jefferson Parish and the New Orleans Police Department have blocked off roads in the Leonidas neighborhood as they search for two of four suspects who led deputies on a chase across parish lines. New Orleans police say the incident began in Jefferson Parish....

Search for suspects who fled stolen car underway in New Orleans after chase across parish lines

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans man accused of murdering a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy in 2016 has succeeded in having his death penalty case assigned to a different judge. The Louisiana Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 28) reversed the decisions of two lower courts and agreed...

New Orleans man accused of killing JPSO deputy succeeds in getting case assigned to new judge

Raceland, LA

RACELAND, La. (WVUE) - A Raceland man whose 6-year-old son was fatally shot in February has been booked with negligent homicide for not securing the loaded handgun in his house, Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre announced Monday (March 27). Davonta Michel, 24, could face up to five years in state...

Raceland father booked with negligent homicide in 6-year-old son’s shooting death

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Standing side-by-side, dozens of people from New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Shreveport gathered Wednesday (March 29) at Drago’s in Metairie. All of them were united together - representing a loved one who was shot or killed by gun violence. Among them was Sherilyn Price, whose...

Proposed Louisiana bill would make criminal and juvenile case info more accessible in three parishes

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Office of Inspector General has issued a subpoena to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, asking for a slew of records, including documents related to hotel rooms bought for Carnival law enforcement officers. Sheriff Susan Hutson’s office has refused to respond to several...

Inspector General subpoenas OPSO records on Carnival hotel rooms, firings, payroll and more

Baton Rouge, LA

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Autopsy results have been released for the two Baton Rouge police officers killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday, March 26. Officials said the results show that both officers died of multiple blunt force trauma injuries. The two officers were identified as Cpl. Scotty Canezaro...

Autopsy results released for BRPD officers killed in chopper crash

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Four high-ranking administrators have been ousted from Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson’s office, though one not immediately and none for reasons made clear Tuesday (March 28) by the sheriff. Hutson, who campaigned on pledges that she would bring greater transparency to the office, issued an...

Hutson provides little transparency on high-level turnover at Orleans Sheriff’s office

Washington State

Jefferson Parish, LA

Kenner, LA

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A recommendation to shutter and consolidate eight Jefferson Parish public schools amid declining enrollment was not well received by some parents, students and community activists. The proposal from a consulting firm hired by the Jefferson Parish Public Schools was unveiled Monday night at a district board...

Some parents, community activists oppose school closures proposed for Jefferson Parish

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans City Council member says the Council will take action to lay out exactly how an apartment on the edge of Jackson Square, that has traditionally been reserved for the mayor’s office, can be used. Councilman Eugene Green says putting regulations in place for the Upper Pontalba Apartment unit is long overdue.

ZURIK: City Council to outline uses for Upper Pontalba Apartment unit

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said she opposes any changes to her use of the city-owned Upper Pontalba apartment. In a routine press conference on Wednesday (March 29) Mayor Cantrell also said there is nothing inappropriate about her security team members running her personal errands. The...

Mayor Cantrell again defends use of Pontalba, opposes possible rule changes

Rolling Fork, MS

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Dillard University student from Rolling Fork, Miss., prepares to go home for the first time since a deadly tornado devastated the city last Friday. Rolling Fork was all Markeyah Moore knew before starting nursing school in New Orleans. Now, the life she knew lays flattened by an EF-4 tornado.

Dillard University student returns home to tornado devastation

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans food vendors say a decades-old ordinance has locked them out of a lucrative part of the city and given a monopoly to one company. Now, District C Councilman Freddie King says it’s time to reexamine that ordinance. The ordinance was put in place...

Zurik: New Orleans councilmember calls for changes to French Quarter food cart ordinance

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two high school seniors from New Orleans East have caused a stir among mathematicians at a recent conference. The St. Mary’s Academy students say they’re showing a new way to look at a two-thousand-year-old formula. You might remember, or happily forgot, the Pythagorean theorem...

Two New Orleans teens make math discovery 2,000 years in the making

DALLAS (WAFB) - LSU fans are not disappointing the women’s basketball team in Dallas for the Final Four, as thousands have made the six-hour drive from Baton Rouge to cheer on the Lady Tigers. It’s been a sea of purple and gold in Texas. And it is starting to...

LSU fans bubbling with excitement over Tigers in Final Four

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - LSU announced 16 former football players are participating in the annual Pro Timing Day on Wednesday, March 29. The event is being held at the Charles McClendon Practice Facility for representatives from all 32 NFL teams to watch players perform drills. 2023 LSU Pro Day...

LSU hosts Pro Day for 16 football players

DALLAS (WAFB) - The LSU women’s basketball team is getting all of its plans finalized before taking on Virginia Tech in the semifinal game of the NCAA Tournament. Head coach Kim Mulkey and a couple of her players answered questions on Thursday, March 30, about the matchup. The Tigers...

LSU makes final preps for Virginia Tech

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Tickfaw man wanted on molestation charge, authorities say

TANGIPAHOA PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Investigators with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office said they need the public’s help to locate...

Tickfaw man wanted on molestation charge, authorities say

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