DOTD has 5,000 pounds of rock salt ready for metro roads ahead of winter...
BRIDGE CITY, La. (WVUE) - With a rare winter blast set to hit Louisiana, workers with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development are making sure salt trucks and brine sprayers are ready to roll by Sunday evening. “Anytime we have an emergency event, it’s always an all-hands-on deck situation,”...
Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office identifies two victims in recent shootings
NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office has identified the victims of two deadly shootings from earlier this week. Lataunda Frisco, 52, was one of the victims of a double homicide in the Fairgrounds neighborhood from Tuesday morning. According to police, Frisco and another man were found with...
NOPD Seeks Public Help to Locate Suspect in Midday Hit-and-Run on Leon C. Simon...
The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is currently seeking public assistance in locating a suspect involved in a hit-and-run incident that took place on November 17, 2025, on Leon C. Simon Drive. The crash left a teenage pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by a speeding black sedan while crossing a...
LIST: Some Southeast Louisiana schools close due to dangerously cold weather
Southeast Louisiana residents are expected to experience dangerously cold temperatures this weekend and through next week. Latest cold weather forecast | Radar | Download our app | Sign up for weather alerts | Send us your photos |. The following schools have announced their plans to either close, transition to...
Students unsure about future plans as another New Orleans high school prepares to close
Eleventh grader Niko Rodriguez has only been attending New Harmony High School for a few months, but he’s already thinking about where he’ll have to transfer for his senior year. It’s not by choice. Last month, the governing board for the charter school, which has been operating for seven years and had just moved...
How Mod night, one of the oldest dance parties in New Orleans, draws crowds...
By about 11 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month, you can expect to find the dance floor at Saturn Bar packed to the brim, throngs of music lovers crammed shoulder to shoulder, shimmying and shaking under the dim glow of the dive’s multi-colored chandelier. The back patio...
Chefs From the Former Effervescence Creating New Concept in the Same Space
The Crustacean Club will feature Gulf seafood in elegant preparations
Contractor pleads guilty in $1.7M home-loan fraud targeting New Orleans homeowners
A Metairie contractor whose business practices were exposed more than two years ago in a WWL Louisiana investigation has now pleaded guilty in federal court to a wide-ranging home-improvement loan fraud scheme that victimized New Orleans property owners and cost lenders nearly $1.7 million. Samantha McGee admitted in...
Icy weather not expected across Southeast Louisiana, but pipe-bursting cold is forecast on both...
As an Arctic blast bears down on much of the country, Louisiana is bracing for a sharp north-to-south divide in impacts, with northern parts of the state facing potentially dangerous conditions while southeast Louisiana prepares for cold, wet weather
5 Po Boy Sandwiches Not to Miss in New Orleans
Discover five po boys not to miss when you're in New Orleans. They're all delicious!. We've eaten po boy sandwiches all over New Orleans both at dive bars and fancy restaurants. Some of these spots are located in the the touristic French Quarter while others are in neighborhoods like gritty Mid City and the tony...
