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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The attorney general believes investigators have uncovered all the crimes a New Orleans teacher allegedly committed. Authorities arrested former Isidore Newman teacher Benoit Cransac multiple times since January as they uncovered more evidence. Cransac is accused of possessing child sex abuse material, video voyeurism and creating...

Five public officials in Evangeline Parish were arrested this week, including the mayor of Ville Platte. They were booked after a Louisiana State Police investigation found they accessed government computer databases and shared protected information with a criminal defendant. Joe Cunningham, host of the Joe Cunningham show and Acadiana’s Morning...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Governor Jeff Landry says he supports legislation to eliminate a judicial office in New Orleans as part of streamlining the city’s court system. But that office is about to be occupied by a man who spent years in prison but was exonerated. There are several...

ORLEANS PARISH, La. — This weekend, Super Sunday is coming to the Westbank, featuring culture bearers, entertainment, and dozens of vendors. What's called the "Westbank West Fest Super Sunday Family Day in the Park" runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. It kicks off with a parade, featuring the Algiers MoHawk Hunters Indians and Westbank Steppers. The two groups step off near the intersection of...

MARRERO, La. — A Westbank woman who was shot after video shows her pointing a weapon at a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy last May has been sentenced. 63-year-old Paige Robin pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on a peace officer charges on Wednesday, court records show. She was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor, but she will only have to serve...

A New Orleans judge has sentenced a second defendant to 40 years behind bars for the execution-style killing of a Slidell waitress. Cody Matthews, 38, must serve at least 30 years of his prison term under the ruling Thursday from Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Robin Pittman. His sentence came a few weeks after Pittman levied a 40-year sentence on Dylan Craddock...

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A water main break in Jefferson Parish flooded a Metairie residential street. A Jefferson Parish spokesperson tells us that it’s unclear what caused the leak on the 1600 block of Madison Street. Crews drained the water at about 10:30 p.m. Friday night. The treatment plant...

Before there was a trendy taco spot on every corner of New Orleans, there was a wildly painted truck parked outside a bar, and a line of people who knew exactly what they were waiting for. Taceaux Loceaux has been doing this since 2010, when Alex and Maribeth del Castillo bought an old barbecue truck […]

Horses paced on the deep pad of dirt spread across the floor of the Caesars Superdome Friday afternoon, listening to a sound check booming from the enormous concert stage. The Superdome doors would open in just a few hours to welcome fans to the Hondo Rodeo Fest, a combination of championship riding and roping, and country rock.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – A mistrial was declared on April 9, 2026, in the case of a former Jackson State University (JSU) who has been accused of killing his roommate. “Based off of what has taken place here on tonight. The court is going to grant a mistrial,” said Judge Adrienne Wooten. The decision came […]