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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Heavy rain expected across the warned area highlighted in the red polygon. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 4 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are to accumulate on top of what we have already experience last night and early this morning. Flash flooding […]

The Innocence Project New Orleans is raising awareness about two House bills they say are harmful and target those exonerated after being wrongly convicted.

Following a series of vehicle crashes that have either killed or seriously injured people in recent years, New Orleans officials are aiming to make roads safer for drivers and pedestrians. Last week, Mayor Latoya Cantrell's administration launched a community survey seeking feedback from people who use the city's...

In a display of effective law enforcement, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) has reported a striking downturn in violent crime for the first part of 2025. NOPD Superintendent Anne E. Kirkpatrick, in a press conference outlined by an NOPD news release, emphasized not only the decline in criminal activity but...

I live on the northshore. Can I grow peonies this far south and be successful? I just love them and was wondering if I could have them in my yard. — Regeana. Everybody loves the amazingly beautiful and fragrant flowers of peonies. They are beginning to bloom in Northern gardens, and I’m starting to see pictures of...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Flooding rains began moving across Southeast Louisiana on Wednesday (May 7) morning, bringing with them the first wave of damage, power outages, and school closures. A Flood Watch remains in effect until Thursday evening, with multiple rounds of storms expected across the region. FORECAST...

Heavy downpours and gusty winds brought street flooding to parts of New Orleans on Wednesday morning, with more rain expected throughout the day. Street flooding has been reported along Earhart Boulevard beneath U.S. 90, on Canal Boulevard in Navarre and various residential streets in Mid-City, the Marigny, Algiers,...

The entrepreneur used his own shopping bot to get shoppers the sneakers they want. A New Orleans entrepreneur has found new success with his idea of an online shoe business, DSneakerXpress. Darrick Jones began to explore his entrepreneurial dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic. He took his passion and expertise in...

Cops say a man was shot early Wednesday morning in the New Orleans CBD. “The NOPD is investigating a shooting that occurred in the 100 block of Iberville,” Public Relations Specialist Karen Boudrie said in an email.

Dangerous severe weather and potentially life-threatening flooding continue to threaten communities across the South from Texas through Louisiana and Mississippi along the Gulf Coast on Wednesday.