A Cold Weather Advisory is issued for Sunday night into Monday morning
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An arctic front is right on our doorstep. It’ll arrive early Sunday morning and drop our temperatures dramatically. The front arrives after midnight Sunday. A line of associated showers and storms will move in around midnight, through the metro between 3 am and 5 am, and clear the mouth of the...
City of New Orleans activates freeze plan, opens five warming shelters
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - With a frigid Arctic blast settling over the region Sunday (Dec. 14) into Monday, the City of New Orleans has activated its citywide freeze plan. Temperatures are expected to fall into the low 30s early Monday, with wind chills making it feel like the 20s. While the National Weather Service says...
Man sentenced to life in prison in connection to 2021 homicide
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office announced a verdict and sentence for a man who was responsible for the 2021 murder of Jaquwyne Williams. On Friday, Dec. 5, a jury delivered a guilty-as-charged verdict for Gregory R. Jynes. Along with his second-degree murder charge, he was also...
Mobile dog gym keeps Rover running on the Northshore
“It’s about the dogs,” Arthur Ferry told WGNO News from inside his mobile dog gym. “I want happy dogs.”
Editorial: Questions about ‘Catahoula Crunch’ deserve answers
Gregory Bovino, commander-at-large of the U.S. Border Patrol, said as he strode through the streets of Kenner last weekend that “I think this is about as transparent as it gets right here.”. We wish we could agree that’s the case. Because well over a week into what the...
Why the Crescent City Connection glowed gold and white for one family Sunday night
NEW ORLEANS — As hues of gold and white beamed from the Crescent City Connection Sunday night, a mother and daughter found space to grieve — and celebrate — the life of their beloved son and brother, Keenan Zeno. For those who have ever wondered what the...
New Orleans Celebrates Graduation of Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Corrections Classes 2-25 & 3-25
The Sheriff's Office took to social media to share the accomplishments of its newest graduates, Basic Corrections Class 2-25 and Class 3-25, who marked the completion of their training with a ceremony attended by their loved ones and OPSO dignitaries. The pride in these moments was palpable, as the office highlighted...
New Orleans set to shut down road projects, and it’s unclear when they’ll resume....
New Orleans is preparing to pump the brakes on citywide road projects with a spending deadline for a $1.7 billion federal grant looming at the end of the year, meaning dozens of city blocks in construction could be stuck in limbo when Mayor-elect Helena Moreno takes office next year. The...
New Orleans wanted a non-charter school. It doesn’t have enough students.
A little more than one year after opening the Leah Chase School, New Orleans’ first traditional public school in nearly two decades, school board members have a choice: invest more in the school in hopes of turning it around or cut their losses and shut it down. When Leah...
NOPD seeks public’s help finding ‘critical, endangered’ missing woman in Little Woods
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a woman reported as a "critical, endangered missing person". Officers said 50-year-old Naomi Fortson suffers from medical conditions and has been missing since Saturday. She is described as a Black female, 6'0" tall,...
