New Orleans Mother Accused of Negligent Homicide and Cruelty, Held Without Bond
Hilda Vasquez, the mother of 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, whose body was found in a New Orleans East lagoon, will remain jailed without bond, as decided in a recent court hearing. The 34-year-old woman is facing charges of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile and negligent homicide. According to court records cited by...
New details on Ft. Polk bus crash
On National Voter Registration Day, Rapides Parish's Registrar of Voters encouraged more voter turnout in the parish. On September 16, 1964, the Beatles performed at the City Park Stadium in New Orleans. Allen Parish declares burn ban due to dry weather. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. The Allen Parish Police...
OPSO employee says cyberattack led to ‘substantial’ data loss
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employee said in an email Wednesday that this month’s cyberattack caused the loss of a substantial amount of data. Contracts, intake documents, and expense information comprise the 842 gigabytes of data that Axios reports the Russian ransomware group Qilin...
Rising temperatures, utility bills take heavy toll on seniors in the Lower 9th Ward
The doors aren’t open, but the line already wraps around the building at the Lowernine Levee Food Pantry in New Orleans. They come early, even on a Saturday, to avoid the worst of the August heat. It’s just before 9 a.m., and it’s already 85 degrees and rising.
Woman killed in New Orleans car crash
A woman was killed in a car crash on Canal Street Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Cops: 65-year-old Metairie woman stabs husband to death
A 65-year-old woman faces murder charges this morning after allegedly stabbing her husband to death. “The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide that occurred last night,”
New Orleans voters will decide whether to protect formerly incarcerated people when they seek...
NEW ORLEANS –Nziki Wiltz, buzzed around a crowded job fair Sept. 4 at the headquarters for the criminal justice reform nonprofit Voice of the Experienced (VOTE), helping people apply for jobs. “We’re making copies for those that need copies … whatever you need,” Wiltz said, “we’re going to make sure that if we don’t...
Statue of Abraham Lincoln stolen from Louisiana plantation turns up cut into pieces at...
Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office/Houmas House and Gardens Three Louisiana residents have been arrested for allegedly stealing a rare solid silver Abraham Lincoln statue from the Houmas House Estate and Gardens in Darrow and cutting it into pieces to sell at a pawn shops. Steve Coronado, 28, Alma Fontenot, 20, and...
New Orleans Among Most Expensive U.S. Cities for Home Insurance
Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that New Orleans ranks just behind Miami in home insurance costs. According to Realtor.com, premiums in the city average $8,328 annually, with a cost-to-value ratio of 3.6%. McIntyre notes that repeated hurricanes, the devastation of Katrina, and the...
This Non-Profit’s Bringing Black Teachers Back to New Orleans
In the two decades since Hurricane Katrina drowned the city and its public school system, the story of K-12 education in New Orleans has gone something like this: nothing good happened until charter schools, and white reformers, showed up. But Adrinda Kelly, a New Orleans native, former teacher and co-founder...
