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Just months after moving into a new state-of-the-art jail, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman talked about the need for a larger budget to operate the facility in a special state address on Tuesday night. He also said during his speech that despite recent reports the Sheriff's Office is doing just fine. → Read More
NEW ORLEANS - The heavy rain that rolled through the metro area forced closures of some schools. It also forced the organizers of Hogs for the Cause in City Park to cancel scheduled events. → Read More
Neighbors living along the levee in one Jefferson Parish community are sounding the alarm. They're concerned about water seepage spotted along a stretch of river road and worry it could get worse. → Read More
The 24-year-old is accused of plucking human bones from graves and trying to sell them online. → Read More
The 24-year-old is accused of plucking human bones from graves and trying to sell them online. → Read More
A warning from a New Orleans woman is going viral after someone blew out the back window of her car at a stoplight. It happened on Monday around 2 p.m. at Calliope and Tchoupitoulas Streets under the Pontchartrain Expressway. → Read More
If you shop in Louisiana next week you'll be paying more in state sales tax. Residents and businesses are expected to shell out an estimated $300-million more in just one month. The increase is part of an attempt to balance the state's troubled budget and consumers will feel the pinch. → Read More
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office says John P. Thomas of Kenner killed Dr. Elbert Goodier while he was seeing a patient, before turning the gun on himself at a nearby restaurant. Investigators confirmed Thomas was also Dr. Goodier's patient. → Read More
NEW ORLEANS -- Foreclosures and mortgage modification scams are on the rise across New Orleans. → Read More
Messages of solidarity from around the world continue to flood Brussels. In New Orleans, a business owner and a local attorney with Belgium ties are also feeling the support while grappling with the effects of the terrorist attacks. → Read More
The conductor of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating his tenth anniversary with the organization. → Read More
I-10 at the Louisiana-Texas state line remained closed Thursday to vehicular traffic because of flood waters. The closure forced drivers to take major detours. → Read More
Thursday night I-10 at the Louisiana-Texas state line remained closed to vehicular traffic because of flood waters. The closure forcing drivers to take major detours. → Read More
Thursday night I-10 at the Louisiana-Texas state line remained closed to vehicular traffic because of flood waters. The closure forcing drivers to take major detours. → Read More
PONCHATOULA, La. -- In Tangipahoa Parish communities are still assessing the damage and cleaning up after record flooding. Some businesses including strawberry farmers in the area are also recovering and working around-the-clock to save what is left of this year's crop. → Read More
ROBERT, La. -- Recovery efforts are underway in Tangipahoa Parish Tuesday where hundreds of homes and businesses were hit hard by flooding. → Read More
ROBERT, La. -- Recovery efforts are underway in Tangipahoa Parish Tuesday where hundreds of homes and businesses were hit hard by flooding. → Read More
COVINGTON, La. - After a day of warning that water was coming, Covington residents were assessing the situation Saturday after the city issued a call for a voluntary evacuation of communities living near two major, cresting rivers. In downtown Covington, the Bogue Falaya river crested and floodwaters were threatening some homes and businesses. By Saturday there were a few feet of water on Boston… → Read More
At the end of a three-week special budget session, the state faces a $30 million gap this fiscal year, and $800 million gap next fiscal year. → Read More
ST. JAMES PARISH, La. -- Tuesday night residents living in St. James Parish are calling into question the emergency alert system. Clean up efforts are underway after a deadly tornado destroyed 32 homes and leveled an RV Park. → Read More