Surprise candidate challenges New Orleans magistrate judge for seat
When people are arrested in New Orleans, their first stop in the court system is usually a wooden bench facing a magistrate judge or commissioner at the criminal courthouse. Magistrate court consists of four appointed commissioners empowered to set bonds and sign warrants and detention orders for arrestees, and a single elected judge who can dispose of misdemeanor theft, assault and domestic violence cases. For nearly 50 years, only three have held the judgeship.
Survey: New Orleans residents feel safer, see drop in crime
LSU New Orleans's biannual quality of life poll for Orleans and Jefferson Parishes is now out, and that survey finds that the perception of crime in New Orleans has dropped significantly.
City Planning Commission denies data center recommendation in 5-2 vote
After months of discourse surrounding data centers being built in New Orleans, the City's Planning Commission denied the recommendation to have them.
Data center vote stirs controversy in New Orleans
The New Orleans Planning Commission failed to approve a recommendation for data center creation guidelines Tuesday. Planning staff were tasked with creating definitions for data centers and making a recommendation for which, if any, should be allowed in New Orleans. The planning staff’s recommendation was to prohibit large and hyperscale...
New Orleans man arrested in Mississippi after fatal stabbing on Lakeshore Drive
A New Orleans man has been arrested in Mississippi in connection with a fatal stabbing that occurred earlier this month on Lakeshore Drive. On Monday, David Griffin Jr., 45, was arrested by U.S. Marshals and deputies from the Colbert County Sheriff's Office in Alabama and the Tishomingo County Sheriff's Office in Mississippi, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Griffin was booked in Mississippi and will be extradited to New Orleans to face a second-degree murder charge, police said.
NOLA Funk Fest 2026 features Galactic, Cimafunk, Allen Toussaint tribute and larger footprint
After hosting its first two editions at the New Orleans Jazz Museum, NOLA Funk Fest last year relocated to a larger location at Spanish Plaza along the Riverfront. The annual music and culture festival is now more than doubling its footprint with its fourth edition Friday, Oct. 16, through Sunday, Oct. 18.
Owner of troubled New Orleans property firm arrested, accused of impersonating police officer
The owner of a Louisiana company accused of pocketing millions of dollars through online property sales was arrested Monday in Assumption Parish on counts of impersonating a police officer, officials said. CivicSource owner Bryan P. Barrios, of Thibodaux, was pulled over for speeding on Louisiana Highway 398 west of Labadieville,...
N.O. Smoke Shops Face 1,000-Ft Separation Rule and 500-Ft Buffers Under Proposed Zoning Overhaul
New Orleans would reclassify cannabis, smoke and tobacco shops with 1,000-ft separation, 500-ft buffers and bans in residential zones.
New Orleans poised to add thousands of jobs, mayor says
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno says the city is forecast to add thousands of jobs by next summer.The mayor says a lot of new businesses have been opening up."Business permits in the city of New Orleans: we have issued as many business permits so far this year as we did in all of 2024 and 2025 combined," Moreno said.
Crime no longer top concern for New Orleans residents, new survey says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - LSU New Orleans’s Quality of Life Survey lists the city’s aging infrastructure and ongoing drainage woes bumped crime as the top concern among surveyors. The survey polled 400 New Orleans voters about their biggest concerns with the city and their approval ratings for elected...
