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

Slidell, LA

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - Two men are dead after what authorities with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office are saying is likely a murder-suicide. Authorities confirmed the deaths of two men early Wednesday (March 29) morning as they were still processing the scene. A SWAT team was activated late...

SWAT standoff ends with suspected murder-suicide in Slidell

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The family of a New Orleans Lyft driver reportedly killed by his passenger is passing on their thanks to the community for raising enough money to send their loved one’s body home to Honduras. Marvin Enrique Bardales Valle, 32, was shot and killed just after...

Family of slain Lyft driver raises enough money to send his body back to Honduras

Louisiana State

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

Covington, LA

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Antonio Tyson, in front of a packed courtroom, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday (March 28) to the killings of a popular Covington priest and a long-time church assistant. Tyson, 49, was indicted earlier this month on two counts of first-degree murder and one count of obstruction...

Man accused of killing, burning Covington priest, woman pleads not guilty

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 NOLA Coalition launched a new dashboard that tracks how many officers are employed by the New Orleans Police Department. The NOPD Recruiting and Retention Dashboard tracks how many officers are new hires and provides estimates on what we can expect in the department over the next few years.

New dashboard tracks NOPD recruiting, retention

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) - 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

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

Mississippi State

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The devastation is widespread in the aftermath of a deadly tornado that swept through Rolling Fork and other parts of Mississippi last Friday night, and Louisianans are in the area to help the survivors. Maj. Christopher Thornhill, area commander for the Salvation Army of Greater New...

Louisiana charities help Mississippi tornado victims

Texas State

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The James Beard Foundation named the finalists Wednesday for its 2023 awards - the equivalent of the Oscars of the restaurant world. Two New Orleans chefs and the iconic Angelo Broato Bakery are in the running for the prestigious awards. Chef Serigne Mbaye at Dakar NOLA...

2 New Orleans chefs and an iconic bakery are 2023 James Beard Award finalists

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

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

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Suspect rams truck into a store on Tchoupitoulas; steals ATM

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A suspect rammed a truck into a store on Tchoupitoulas and stole an ATM Thursday morning. An employee at the...

Suspect rams truck into a store on Tchoupitoulas; steals ATM

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