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Jefferson Parish woman evicted by landlord with history of code violations

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish landlord with a history of code enforcement violations in two parishes evicted a young single mom from one of his apartments. She admits she stopped paying rent, blaming deplorable and unsafe living conditions inside. But as we discovered in this FOX 8 Defenders...

Jefferson Parish, LA · 11h
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40-year sentence for gunman guilty of teen's Marrero killing: 'I do not hate you'

A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday handed down a 40-year sentence to a defendant convicted of killing an 18-year-old boy in a Marrero parking lot, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office. Cashmere Butler was just 17 years old when prosecutors say he gunned down Samuel Tague, of Belle...

Marrero, LA · 16h
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St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office Describes Juvenile as Runaway

The St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office is seeking information about a juvenile it described as a runaway. In a post on its Facebook page, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office described the juvenile as a runaway. Anyone with information is urged to come forward. How to Report Information. The sheriff's...

St Charles Parish, LA · 16h
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10 Iconic Restaurants In Louisiana With Steaks So Good You’ll Crave Them All Year

In Louisiana, a steak can land on your table still crackling in a plate of hot butter. That style dates back to the 1930s, and I’m choosing to be very excited about it. Am I making too big a deal out of this? Possibly. But the butter is only one chapter.

Louisiana · 1d
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Northshore priest arrested for alleged embezzlement

Cops today arrested a priest who church officials reported was stealing money from a Northshore parish."Detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Financial Crimes Unit launched an investigation after personnel with Archdiocese of New Orleans contacted them in August to report discrepancies involving the finances at St. Jane de Chantal Parish in Abita Springs,"

Abita Springs, LA · 22h

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Two killed, two wounded in violent stretch in New Orleans

Cops say a woman and a man are dead and two other men are recovering from bullet wounds after a violent 24 hours in New Orleans.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Wet wedding: Dancing in flood waters at Louisiana wedding party

A Louisiana couple, Casey and Oliva Field, found out that a flooded wedding party could still be fun, when their wedding reception at a venue got six inches of rain.

Metairie, LA · 1d

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Man found dead Sunday along South Claiborne Avenue, NOPD says

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 69-year-old man found dead along South Claiborne Avenue is the city’s second homicide victim of Sunday morning (Nov. 8), New Orleans police said. Police identified the man as David Hyde. The NOPD said the man was found on the ground “suffering from multiple contusions”...

New Orleans, LA · 2d

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LHSAA released 2026 high school football playoff brackets

NEW ORLEANS — The LHSAA released the state football playoff brackets, signaling the start of the 2026 postseason. In Division I Non-Select, Mandeville leads the pack as a one-seed, earning a first-round bye. The Skippers will play the winner of Slidell and Southside. For the full Division I Non-Select bracket, click here. In Division II […]

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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New Orleans police investigate after 69-year-old man killed at South Claiborne Walgreens

A 69-year-old man was killed at a Walgreens at South Claiborne and Napoleon avenues early Sunday morning in what New Orleans police are investigating as a homicide. Officers were called just before 7 a.m. to the store in the 4400 block of South Claiborne, where they found a man lying on the ground with multiple bruises and bleeding from the head. Paramedics pronounced the man dead on scene, according to the New Orleans Police Department.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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This Louisiana Racetrack Keeps Thanksgiving Tradition Alive With Live Horse Racing

Two famous racehorses are buried in the infield of a track where thousands of people spend Thanksgiving afternoon. Yes, really. Pan Zareta and Black Gold rest right there while new horses thunder past. The holiday race here hits its 102nd running in 2026. That is more than a century of...

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Archdiocese adds 27 clergy to abuse list as attorney blasts $400,000 fine over priest warning

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has added 27 clergy members to its list of those credibly accused of sexual abuse, bringing the total to 106. Among those added was Paul Hart, a former chaplain at Brother Martin High School. Attorney Rick Trahant says he was fined more than $400,000 after he tried to warn school leaders about Hart in 2022.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Florestine Perrault Collins Passed for White to Learn the Trade, Then Ran a Black Portrait Studio in New Orleans for Twenty-Nine Years

Florestine Perrault was fourteen when she started earning money in photography, hired as a clerk, photo finisher, stationery embosser, and developer by white-owned studios in New Orleans and by the Eastman Kodak Company. She got that work by letting her employers assume she was white. She was Creole of color, and in Jim Crow New Orleans, that fact would have kept her away from the picture-making end of the business.

New Orleans, LA · 18h

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Office locks changed and laptop gone, Kenner council member accuses city of intimidation

A Kenner City Council member accused the mayor’s second-in-command of directing an employee to change the locks and remove computer equipment from his council office as an act of intimidation against him. Council member Joey LaHatte alleged in a news release that Chief Administrative Officer Natalie Newton, who is...

Kenner, LA · 23h

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These 7 shopping centers started Louisiana's suburban mall era. In 2026 only some of them are still enclosed malls.

Ground was broken for Shreve City Shopping Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, in November 1958, and the center held its first opening in June 1959. It was suburban shopping of the postwar kind: a large cluster of stores on Shreveport-Barksdale Highway, laid out for people who arrived by car. Shreve City kept building after it opened.

Shreveport, LA · 12h

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Firefighters rescue 2 German shepherds from drainage canal in Harvey

HARVEY, La. (WVUE) - Harvey Volunteer Fire Company Two rescued two German shepherds that were stuck in a drainage canal in Harvey. Firefighters got the call around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon (Nov. 8). Two firefighters lowered ladders 12 feet to reach the dogs. They calmed the dogs enough to carry...

Harvey, LA · 1d

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Woman shot and killed in New Orleans

A woman was fatally shot in New Orleans Sunday, Nov. 8.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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LCMC Health Names 12 New Physicians

NEW ORLEANS – LCMC Health has announced the addition of several physicians across its network in the third quarter of this year. The new physicians bring expertise in a range of specialties, including cardiovascular care, oncology, family medicine and surgery. The additions are part of the health system’s efforts to expand access to specialized and primary care services across Louisiana and the Gulf South.

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Police investigate early-morning shooting in Seventh District

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two men arrived at separate hospitals early Monday morning (Nov. 9), NOPD said. Officers received a call at 2:01 a.m. about a male victim who arrived at a hospital, suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. NOPD is investigating an aggravated battery by shooting; the location...

New Orleans, LA · 1d

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Giant Puppets and Silent Disco Return to Downtown New Orleans for LUNA Fête

Giant lantern mermaids, a 24-foot harlequin clown, and a parading gar fish are converging on downtown New Orleans this week as LUNA Fête returns for its 12th edition, running Nov. 13-15 from 5 to 10 p.m. nightly. The free light and art festival, themed The Puppetry Parade this year, brings projection mapping, puppeteer-driven sculptures, and a multichannel silent disco to a stretch of the Warehouse District.

New Orleans, LA · 22h