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Christopher Dier, Louisiana's Teacher of the Year in 2020, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the law. The lawsuit names Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry as the defendant.

New Orleans police are asking for the public's help finding a man accused of pulling a knife on store employees after they caught him trying to steal merchandise on North Broad Street. Investigators have identified the suspect as Derrick Dorsey, a Black male born August 26, 1968, in connection with what they are callin

Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting that left a woman hospitalized in the Read Boulevard West area of New Orleans East on Aug. 24.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - By 1988, Dolly Parton was already one of America’s biggest entertainers when she brought her star power to New Orleans for Mardi Gras, a visit she later shared with viewers across the country. Parton, who died at 80, was among the celebrity guests who rolled...

The glow of a grill firing up at two in the morning, and the whole street leaning toward the smell. That is what I found one night in Louisiana after a long walk along the river with a stomach that would not stop complaining. What I discovered was a whole...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Magazine Street homeowner is finally seeing repairs to his home’s water line after weeks of waiting. A.J. Allegra has called the neighborhood home for 17 years. He even has a free library stand outside of his home. According to Allegra, he hired a contractor...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Before ten inmates escaped the Orleans Parish jail last May, authorities said inmates discussed their plans on recorded phone calls. Now, a new Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office partnership means artificial intelligence will monitor calls in custody. Earlier this month, Orleans Parish Sheriff Michell

NEW ORLEANS – University Medical Center New Orleans (UMC) on Aug. 24 celebrated a major expansion of its Cancer Center, increasing capacity for advanced cancer treatment, specialty care, clinical research and patient support while positioning the academic medical center to serve a growing number of patients from across

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board filled in a six-foot-deep hole that it had left on a Central City street for more than a year. The work came just one day after the agency told FOX 8 it wouldn’t immediately fix what neighbors called a public safety risk.

As a retired member of our military and a New Orleans resident, I learned a simple lesson: When a mission is succeeding, you reinforce it. You don’t dismantle it because someone else wants control. New Orleans has proven what its homelessness system can accomplish. In 2015, New Orleans became...