Victim dies, another injured in shooting near Smoothie King on Government Street in BR
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A victim has died, and another person is injured following an apparent drive-by shooting in Baton Rouge Monday morning, September 1. The shooting happened around 3 a.m. near the Smoothie King at the corner of Government St. at S. Foster Drive. Police said the victim...
JPSO: Man shot, killed while driving in Harvey
Deputies received call about gunfire on Aberdeen Drive near Scotsdale Drive, about two blocks off the Westbank Expressway just east of the Harvey Canal, around 9:20 a.m. Monday.
NOFD responds to two separate fires within an hour
The New Orleans Fire Department received two separate reports of housefires within an hour Sunday, Aug. 31.
New Orleans traffic camera revenue expected to nosedive after new laws take effect
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Traffic camera revenue for the City of New Orleans, which has long helped fund the city, is expected to plummet in 2025. During an Aug. 27 revenue estimation conference, city leaders projected the general fund will bring in $3.3 million from traffic cameras in 2025. That...
Mom of 2 Forced to Move 1,043 Miles from Home After Katrina’s Wrath, Never...
Stacey Bruno still remembers the long drive from New Orleans to Minneapolis that she and her family made 20 years ago, just one day before Hurricane Katrina hit. “We didn’t know if we were going to come back, and we didn’t bring much,” says Stacey, now 46. “We had nothing but the clothes on our […]
Insurance attorney, New Orleans native talk importance of protecting property 20 years after Katrina
BATON ROUGE — Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina took the lives of thousands and destroyed homes, forcing New Orleans residents to leave the city they called home. New Orleans East native Gavin Richard was about to start his sophomore year at Tulane University in the fall semester of 2005. Hurricane Katrina was...
Lower humidity is moving in, bringing great weather through Labor Day
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Dew points are falling Sunday as drier air moves in. Dew points in the afternoon could fall to the 60s for much of the area with a nice northerly breeze. High temperatures still get to around 90, but the heat index stays below 100 degrees. Labor...
RAW: LA: DIRECTOR: 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA
More remembrances and tributes as New Orleans marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. COPYRIGHT 2025 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED.
A Smaller, Whiter, Less Affordable New Orleans
“Katrina: 20 Years Later” is Word In Black’s series on Hurricane Katrina’s enduring impact on New Orleans, and how Black folks from the Big Easy navigate recovery, resilience, and justice. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, the waterlines from the once-in-a-generation storm are still visible....
18-Year-Old Was Just a Frozen Embryo When He Was Rescued from Katrina. He Has...
"I’ve been on this earth for more than 21 years — but technically, I’ve only been born for 18," Noah Markham says
