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New Orleans Police are investigating a fatal shooting that took the life of a woman on General Taylor Street near the intersection with South Rocheblave last night.

A car crash in Kenner, near the intersection of Chateau Blvd. and Ronson Dr., has left two women, aged 58 and 60, in critical condition. Their vehicle broke through a metal barrier and plunged into a nearby canal. Both women are now fighting for their lives as authorities search for the cause of the accident. This location has a history of similar incidents, with at least two or three accidents reported in the past by police and neighbors.

67 total inmates are on death row in Louisiana. But our state has not executed an inmate in more than 10 years. 19 of the death row inmates were sentenced to death for murders in northwest Louisiana. All but one of the death row inmates are men. The one woman...

A 27-year-old man was shot in the head at his Estates Drive residence in Boutte on Wednesday night after believing someone was in his backyard. His mother discovered him injured upon hearing the gunshot and he was subsequently hospitalized. Detectives are encouraging anyone with information to assist in the ongoing investigation.

I know we don't need much to make a festival about it. I love that about Louisiana. We can make a musical experience that includes delicious cuisine and bring the community together for fellowship and good times. We got the rabbit, frog, crawfish, Mardi Gras, etc. We gotta festival for everything, don't we?

Curtis Tassin, a 17-year-old notorious for escaping custody, was captured in Algiers after absconding from the Orleans Juvenile Justice Intervention Center (OJJ) on Wednesday morning. This incident marks Tassin's third escape, following previous breakouts from the Swanson Center in Monroe in 2021 and Bridge City the year before.

Eight weeks after a motorist opened fire with a rifle on a Waggaman street during a road rage confrontation, injuring another driver, authorities have jailed a suspect. Jamel Cole, 23, of Waggaman, was booked Tuesday with aggravated second-degree battery, aggravated flight from an officer, resisting an officer and a number of outstanding attachments, according to Sgt. Brandon Veal, a spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

NEW ORLEANS — A WDSU viewer sent video of two large alligators seen in the London Avenue Canal in New Orleans. The viewer said the alligators were seen swimming in the canal the past few weeks. According to the viewer, there are concerns that the alligators are getting too...

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public's assistance in locating a suspect responsible for hospitalizing a 27-year-old man.

In a recent exclusive interview with WDSU Investigates, Miguel Mansour, the 71-year-old ice cream truck driver implicated in the death of a 12-year-old boy in Kenner, Louisiana, spoke about the tragic event. Mansour, currently out on bond, expressed deep regret for the accident and said that he has been crying and praying for the victim's family.

A significant development has unfolded in the pursuit of the juvenile inmate who fled from authorities yesterday morning in Gentilly. Curtis Hanson, the teenager involved, was apprehended on Ellis Boulevard in Algiers recently. WDSU reporter Courtney Williams was on-site and spoke with local residents about the arrest.

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New Orleans police arrested two suspects and recovered drugs and weapons in Central City over Memorial Day weekend. On Sunday (May 28), Sixth District officers were patrolling in the 2700 block of Loyola Avenue when they observed a man who appeared to be concealing a firearm. He got into a vehicle with another man.

The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office has identified the woman shot dead this weekend in an apparent drive-by shooting in Algiers, the seventh killed in the past six weeks in a chilling spike in lethal violence against women. Chala Roberts, 24, was shot to death in a vehicle down the street...

The community of Kenner has united to pay tribute to a 12-year-old boy who tragically lost his life when an ice cream truck crashed into his apartment. Javier Adrian Flores Fajardo, a passionate young soccer player, was commemorated at the soccer field where he frequently played.

A 35-year-old woman was fatally shot on General Taylor St. in Broadmoor, New Orleans. She was found with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead at the scene. The New Orleans Police Department is actively investigating the case.

It was 1975 when Tulane University student Jennifer Brush as raped by two men in her apartment. Now after nearly half a century, new DNA evidence has identified a suspect.

Speakers at the annual Louisiana Energy Conference (LEC), held this week in New Orleans, openly worried about a return of Russian gas to Europe, which would upend US LNG prospects. The company is developing the Hackberry Carbon Sequestration project, which would store up to 2 million tons/year of CO2 from...

On Thursday evening, a double shooting on the 1500 block of Bienville Street in Iberville resulted in two men being injured and hospitalized. Authorities have apprehended one individual related to the incident, though the victims' ages and conditions remain undisclosed.

New Orleans police attended a shooting in the Iberville neighborhood at Bienville and North Robertson Streets. Two injured men were discovered, with one suspect apprehended on site. The second victim arrived at the hospital later, asserting he was shot at the same location. Both victims are recovering.