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SHREVEPORT, La. - In this week's Hometown Patriot, Rick Rowe decided to honor the volunteer army that showed up in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina rolled through 20 years ago. He remembers the many men and women who helped shelter others, respond to the disaster and carry the load of...

When Katrina's floodwaters rushed through the front door of their single-story brick home, Charlene and Wayne Conrad ran out the back door and wound up clinging to their picnic table as it floated down the street.

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...

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.

The New Orleans Fire Department received two separate reports of housefires within an hour Sunday, Aug. 31.

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...

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 […]

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...

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...

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