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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Residents of New Orleans are marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast. Events from solemn memorial services to uplifting musical performances are being held in the city Friday to honor the dead, the displaced and the determined survivors who helped...

Authorities are searching the water for a missing boater after a sailboat crashed into the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Sunday morning, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said. The Sheriff's Office said the boat struck the Causeway near mile marker 14. Two people were on board. One was rescued from the...

A high school teacher didn't expect a solution when she set a 2,000-year-old Pythagorean Theorem problem in front of her students. Then Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson stepped up to the challenge.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 30-year-old woman with intellectual disabilities vanished from her Algiers home early Sunday (Aug. 31), prompting a search and a “critical missing person” alert from New Orleans police. Authorities described Yandra Gomez as a Hispanic woman who is 5 feet tall, approximately 170 pounds,...

A shooting at a Laplace business ended with several arrests, according to St. John the Baptist Sheriff's Office.

Investigators with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office have cleared a Slidell man of vehicular homicide, and arrested a Slidell woman in the case.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 16-year-old girl. Missing is Marchelle Frith, described as a Black female, age 16. Investigators said Frith was last seen on Aug. 24 at her home in LaPlace. Relatives believe she may now...

Considering her glamorous position at the start of Hollywood classic films, you might assume that Columbia Pictures’ lady with a torch had pure Hollywood heritage. But the Columbia logo comes from right here in New Orleans. The fact is, the goddess-like symbol of the century-old movie studio was modeled...

From Creole kitchens to classrooms, Katrina evacuees brought New Orleans culture to Texas and changed Houston forever.

Hurricane Katrina survivors can still describe in detail what they faced in the days after the storm devastated the Gulf Coast.