New Orleans, LA

NEW ORLEANS — Many voters in New Orleans are receiving a flyer concerning Judicial candidate Diedre Pierce Kelly, who is running against Simone Levine and Leon Roche for Criminal District Court Judge. On that mailing is the WWL-TV logo and a reference to a story WWL-TV reported about Ms....

WWL-TV statement on flyer in Orleans judicial race

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS — Authorities say what started as a car crash on the West Bank resulted in a shooting, hit-and-run, and later chase across the Crescent City Connection into the Lower Garden Districts on Thursday morning. According to the New Orleans Police Department, the crash happened on General De...

Crash ends in shooting, hit-and-run and chase across Crescent City Connection

NEW ORLEANS — Title fraud has become big business in the New Orleans area. So much so, local clerks of court are rolling out fraud alert systems to crack down on the crime. The programs seek to help prevent the type of real estate scam that cost a New Orleans man the house he and his late mother owned in the Bywater.

Real estate scam costs New Orleans man his home

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans City Council is expected to create a pay range for the next NOPD chief as part of the city's search for a permanent superintendent. According to NOLA.com, Councilman Joe Giarrusso wrote an ordinance that would set the annual wages for the NOPD superintendent between $273,000 and $359,000.

City council to set pay range as search for new NOPD superintendent continues

NEW ORLEANS — It was the most asked question in New Orleans these past six months. Did recall organizers have enough signatures to recall Mayor Latoya Cantrell?. We now know they didn’t. “I won’t be calling an election,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said. “The threshold was not...

Governor Edwards reacts to failed recall attempt of Mayor Cantrell

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans City Council Vice President Helena Moreno is asking for an update on the progress and work of the Violent Crime Reduction Task Force that was established by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell in January, according to a letter. Mayor Cantrell had established the task...

Councilwoman Moreno asking for update on NOPD task force after "60-day mark" passes

NEW ORLEANS — Four Louisiana transportation department workers were hospitalized Wednesday after they ruptured a drum of acid that was illegally dumped under the Woodland Bridge in New Orleans. The New Orleans Fire Department says firefighters responded to a hazardous materials incident under a bridge in the 6000 block...

Four workers hospitalized after chemical leak under Woodland Bridge

Thibodaux, LA

Lockport, LA

LOCKPORT, La. — Authorities in Lafourche Parish say a former mayor of Lockport was arrested on Tuesday, accused of falsifying community service reports while in office. According to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office, 73-year-old Edward Reinhardt is accused of falsifying community service documents for several individuals beginning in 2019. Reinhardt reportedly signed paperwork falsely claiming that court-ordered community service hours had been completed.

Former Lockport mayor arrested, accused of malfeasance in office

BATON ROUGE, La. — The signatures in the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are counted and delivered to the Governor’s Office in Baton Rouge according to the Orleans Parish Registrar of Voters. Staff members delivered boxes of certified recall petition signatures Tuesday morning. The Registrar...

New Orleans mayor recall signatures delivered to Governor’s Office

NEW ORLEANS — The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed, according to Gov. John Bel Edwards. The Governor said today that the recall only had 27,243 valid signatures, well short of the nearly 45,000 names needed to force a referendum on Mayor Cantrell. According to...

Cantrell recall falls short by thousands of signatures, Governor says

NEW ORLEANS — A judge in Orleans Parish determined that a second teen accused in the brutal carjacking and death of Linda Frickey is competent to stand trial. Mar’Qel Curtis, 16, is the second teen of the four teens accused to be found competent by a court-appointed psychiatrist. The psychiatrist testified that Curtis understood the consequences he faces at trial.

Second teen accused in deadly carjacking of Linda Frickey competent to stand trial

Saint Tammany Parish, LA

Covington, LA

COVINGTON, La. — Water District No. 3 in St. Tammany Parish is currently under a system-wide outage. A fiber installer broke a 4-inch water line along the Tchefuncte Drive System, according to the Water District No.3 Chairman/ Secretary Brian Swindell. Swindell said on Facebook that the pumps were able...

Water main break impacting some customers in Covington

Arabi, LA

NEW ORLEANS — Wednesday marks one year since a powerful EF-3 tornado tore through Arabi. But how often does Louisiana see powerful tornadoes? And have they become more frequent?. We took a closer look at the data from the “Tornado Archive” in your Breakdown. The Tornado Archive is an...

The Breakdown: Have powerful tornadoes become more frequent in Louisiana?

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police department is investigating a homicide in the Pines Village area of the 6000 block of Chef Menteur Highway on Monday night, according to a press release. According to police, responding officers found a 63-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his body....

NOPD: 63-year-old shot dead in area of Chef Menteur Highway

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell's campaign office says they're "grateful that the truth has finally come out" after the petition to recall her from office fell several thousand votes short. Cantrell's long-time campaign manager Maggie Carroll put out a statement calling the petition against the mayor "divisive, dishonest,...

'Divisive, dishonest' | Cantrell Campaign calls out failed recall petition

Slidell, LA

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. — The trial of a former Slidell Catholic priest accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy has been delayed again. As The Times-Picayune reports, the trial date was delayed Monday as jury selection for Patrick Wattigny was supposed to begin. The north shore District Attorney’s...

Report: Ex-Slidell Catholic priest's juvenile molestation trial delayed again

SLIDELL, La. — Authorities say a 13-year-old Slidell-area junior high student is facing terrorizing charges after reportedly posting threats directed at a school over the weekend. According to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office, school administrators from Clearwood Junior High School contacted the sheriff’s office on Saturday after being...

13-year-old facing terrorizing charges after threatening Slidell school

NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a homicide where a woman was killed and her body was dumped in a canal near Florida Street and New Orleans Street, according to an NOPD spokesperson. The NOPD said they were notified of this homicide at around 2:11...

NOPD investigating Sunday afternoon homicide in New Orleans

SLIDELL, La. — Four parents are suing former Lakeside Christian Academy headmaster John Raymond for the alleged minor abuse of four children, three of which occurred in 2022 and one of which occurred between 2016 and 2017, according to court documents. Court documents said that Raymond, who was also...

School headmaster sued by parents after they say he taped their kids' mouths shut

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2 NOPD officers exposed to fentanyl needed Narcan - Mayor Cantrell says

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...

2 NOPD officers exposed to fentanyl needed Narcan - Mayor Cantrell says

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