Letters: Officials should have waited for investigation of Mardi Gras incidents to react
I guess that I shouldn't be surprised, but I am very disappointed in Attorney General Liz Murrill and Mayor Helena Moreno’s over-the-top reactions to the Barbie-like dolls hanging from beads in the Tucks parade. They really wasted tax dollars on an investigation?. Instead of waiting for the facts, they...
New Orleans considering camera-enforced parking during budget crunch
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans is looking for information on how it could enforce its parking rules with cameras. The city published a Request for Information (RFI) to gather details on how parking companies could enforce the city’s parking rules with new technology. The RFI...
Why Chefs Are Calling This Fish ‘The Pork of the Sea’
Once discarded, swordfish belly is now being smoked, cured, and served as pastrami and bacon in place of beef and pork at top restaurants across the country.
Bronx man jailed, accused of gang-related retaliation killing on New Orleans soccer field
More than two years after he allegedly shot a man dead on a Village de l'Est soccer field, a Bronx man is in jail accused of what authorities describe as a retaliatory killing stemming from gang activity in New York. Manuel Diaz, 34, was booked into Orleans Justice Center on...
New Orleans cops ask for help finding carjacking suspect
The New Orleans Police Department is searching for a man they call a “violent” carjacker. Police say Arthur Cook “violently attacked” a driver at Banks and South Salcedo streets on February 12, stealing and fleeing in the victim’s car.
New Orleans man found guilty of domestic violence killing after release from life in...
Henry Talley Jr. got a new lease on life four years ago when he was released from prison after serving 25 years of a life sentence for his role as the wheelman in a 1996 drive-by shooting that killed a 12-year-old boy. But he squandered that shot at redemption in...
Trash-Can Clash Outside Willie Mae’s Ends With 20 Years For Treme Accomplice
Wilson Allen, 35, has been ordered to serve 20 years in prison after admitting his role in the March 28, 2023 shooting that killed Carneal Knapper Jr. outside the former Willie Mae’s Scotch House site in Treme. Prosecutors said Allen was not the one who fired the fatal rounds, but acknowledged that his actions helped...
‘I’ve never seen a car fly like that before’: Car flips into Kenner canal...
KENNER, La. — Tire tracks on the bank and debris still floating in the water are mark the spot where a car flipped into a Kenner drainage canal Monday night, following a high-speed police chase that began on Interstate 10 in St. Charles Parish. The incident unfolded around 9...
Car plows into Dorignac’s Food Center in Metairie, forcing temporary closure
METAIRIE, La. — A car crashed into Dorignac's Food Center on Veterans Boulevard in Metairie on Tuesday, heavily damaging the liquor store section and forcing the store to close temporarily. The crash occurred around 6:05 p.m. while dozens of people were inside shopping, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s...
‘We feel like Asia Davis got justice’: Ex-boyfriend of Davis found guilty of her...
NEW ORLEANS — A jury found Henry Talley Jr., the man who brutally killed his ex-girlfriend two years ago, guilty of three charges, including murder. Asia Davis was killed around 9 a.m. May 11, 2023, on the I-10 service road at Mayo Boulevard. Talley shot Davis four times, then ran over her body.
