New Orleans, LA

Mandeville, LA

MANDEVILLE, La. — A doorbell camera captured the frightening moment when a pickup truck crashed into the rear of a school bus in Mandeville that had stopped to pick up a child. The incident occurred Tuesday morning outside a home in the 300 block of Marina Boulevard in the...

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

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

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

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 — 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

NEW ORLEANS — Heads are rolling at the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, with four high-ranking employees being told they are out of a job amid long-standing turmoil inside the office, according to multiple sources inside and outside the sheriff’s office. Some of those contentious issues were uncovered...

Orleans sheriff getting rid of 4 top assistants

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 — A New Orleans family says they're fed up with false promises they say continual maintenance issues at their apartment have all come to a head. Apartment O217 at Lakewood Pointe Apartments. According to the New Orleans Fire Department, they received a call of an electrical fire just after 1 p.m. Tuesday.

New Orleans family says their apartment is falling apart and is demanding action

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 — The City of New Orleans announced that they have secured a total of $24.6 million in funding to accelerate the redevelopment of Lincoln Beach. For nearly 30 years, back in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s, Lincoln Beach in New Orleans East was a featured entertainment spot. There were rides, concerts, swimming, and restaurants. The site has been closed since 1964.

New Orleans gets $24.6M for redevelopment of Lincoln Beach

Covington, LA

COVINGTON, La. — At least 800 people in Covington did not have water Friday as crews worked to repair a water main break that caused a system-wide outage. Christine Regusa, whose home was impacted, told Eyewitness News, "we [were] out in the yard, we came in to clean up and take showers and there was no water...so you just have to wait, or jump in the pool or wait till they get the water back on."

Water main break impacting some customers in Covington

Houma, LA

Terrebonne Parish, LA

TERREBONNE PARISH, La. — Down the bayou in Terrebonne Parish, two elementary schools destroyed by Hurricane Ida still sit, unusable, in communities waiting for school bells to ring again. “It’s going to take time," Superintendent Bubba Orgeron said. "We wish it would be tomorrow, but we realize that it’s...

Two elementary schools destroyed by Hurricane Ida waiting on FEMA approval to rebuild

Louisiana State

NEW ORLEANS — Alonzo Knox has been elected to Louisiana’s House of Representatives following Saturday’s run-off election. Knox, a former marine and owner of Backatown Coffee Parlour in Treme, defeated Sibil “Fox” Richardson for the 93rd District seat which represents much of Orleans Parish including the French Quarter, and parts of Marigny, Treme, and the 7th Ward among other neighborhoods.

Alonzo Knox wins Louisiana 93rd House District seat vacated by now senator Royce Duplessis

NEW ORLEANS — Computer networks on the University of New Orleans campus are slowly coming back online. Friday, UNO detected what the school called “indicators of compromise” and took systems offline to implement security measures. This weekend, students did not have access to many of the school’s...

University of New Orleans went offline for the weekend due to cyber threats

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Report: Woman arrested for firing a shot at Popeyes worker following an argument

NEW ORLEANS — A woman has been arrested after allegedly firing a shot at a Popeyes worker following an argument. The shooting happened Thursday at the...

Report: Woman arrested for firing a shot at Popeyes worker following an argument

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