New Orleans, LA

Metairie, LA

Kenner, LA

KENNER, La. — A man has been arrested after allegedly kidnapping his girlfriend at gunpoint and forcing her to withdraw large amounts of money before stealing her car, according to the Kenner Police Department. Police responded to a call about a disturbance and vehicle theft that happened just before...

Metairie man arrested after allegedly kidnapping and robbing girlfriend at gunpoint

Louisiana State

Terrebonne Parish, LA

Chauvin, LA

BOURG, La. — Authorities say a Chauvin woman died and another driver was injured after a crash involving two vehicles on Louisiana Highway 55 in Terrebonne Parish on Wednesday afternoon. Louisiana State Police say the crash happened shortly after 4 p.m. near Ernestine Court and claimed the life of...

Chauvin woman killed after towed car overturns in Terrebonne Parish

Mandeville, LA

MANDEVILLE, La. — A pickup truck crashed into a school bus that was in the process of picking up two girls in Mandeville Tuesday morning in a crash that parents say could have been much worse. A surveillance camera captured the whole thing. The video shows the school bus...

Watch: Doorbell cam captures terrifying moment a truck slams into a school bus, child nearby

Larose, LA

LAROSE, La. — Authorities say a Larose man is dead following a head-on crash on Louisiana Highway 24 in Lafourche Parish on Thursday. Louisiana State Police say the crash happened shortly before 7 a.m. north of Louisiana Highway 3235 and claimed the life of 25-year-old Ediberto Lopez-Bados. Trooper say...

Larose man killed in head-on crash on LA Hwy 24

Slidell, LA

SLIDELL, La. — Two men were discovered dead inside a Slidell home following an hours-long standoff with the St Tammany Sheriff’s Office and SWAT team Tuesday evening into the early hours Wednesday morning. St Tammany Sheriff’s Office Investigator Lieutenant Larry Hudson says the department received a 911 call...

2 men dead following an hours-long SWAT standoff at a Slidell home

KENNER, La. — Police are looking for a man who went missing in Kenner on March 11, according to a press release. Juan Keith Reid was last seen on March 11 walking away from his vehicle in Kenner. The release said that Reid, who is black, may have a...

Police looking for Kenner man missing since March 11

Houma, LA

HOUMA, La. — Authorities say two people are dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a Houma hotel on Wednesday. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to a hotel in the 1800 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard around noon after a housekeeper discovered two dead bodies in a room. Deputies say both a man and woman had gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Two dead in apparent murder-suicide at Houma hotel

NEW ORLEANS — We are less than a month away from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicking off. Jazz Fest announced it's going cashless this year. You won't be able to pay with cash at all, including at food vendors. Vance Vaucresson said his family has been...

Jazz Fest goes cashless for 2023

NEW ORLEANS — The Mayor’s Mardi Gras Advisory Council has suggested raising the amount of float parades permitted to roll through New Orleans within the official Mardi Gras season in 2024. Our partners at NOLA.com report there were more parades rolling through New Orleans than the city officially...

More Mardi Gras parades? Council suggests new rules for 2024

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said on Wednesday that the NOPD is now in compliance with a more than decade-long reform agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Last summer she filed court documents to terminate the consent decree. The document spelled out what the department...

NOPD in compliance with federal consent decree, Mayor Cantrell says

NEW ORLEANS — Four of Louisiana’s parishes were among the top 10 counties in the U.S. with the largest percentage of population loss in 2022, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. All of the ranked parishes are in southeast Louisiana and surround the...

New Orleans area parishes among top in U.S. for population loss

NEW ORLEANS — Crewmembers of the New Orleans-based Carnival Valor cruise ship rescued three Hondurans from a stranded boat adrift in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, according to a press release. This is not the first time the Carnival Valor has been involved in a rescue, as the...

Carnival Valor crew rescues three Hondurans stranded at sea

NEW ORLEANS — Legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks will not be performing at the Smoothie King Center for her scheduled show in New Orleans. She was set to perform in the Smoothie King Center on April 2. The Smoothie King Center announced in a tweet...

Stevie Nicks reschedules New Orleans show due to Covid illness within the band

NEW ORLEANS — Despite an effort to push back the trial for the teens in Linda Frickey’s case, on Monday a judge decided that the trial will begin in one week. Frickey was carjacked and dragged to her death last year. The teen defendants did not make an...

Judge denies request to delay trial in deadly carjacking of Linda Frickey

Mississippi State

LOUISIANA, USA — A tornado watch has been issued Sunday for parts of Louisiana and Mississippi. The watch was issued at 4:00 PM Sunday afternoon and will last until 11:00 PM on Sunday night, according to the New Orleans National Weather Service. The NWS New Orleans said that the...

Tornado watch issued for parts of Louisiana until 11:00 PM Sunday

NewsBreak

Truck smashes through convenience store window; Burglars make off with ATM

NEW ORLEANS — ATM thieves have struck again in New Orleans. This time it happened Uptown at a gas station convenience store. Workers at the Tchoup...

Truck smashes through convenience store window; Burglars make off with ATM

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