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The New Orleans Police Department is reaching out to the community for assistance in the case of a man wanted for aggravated assault involving a firearm. The suspect has been identified as Duy Minh Nguyen, an Asian male with a date of birth listed as January 8, 1990. According to the New Orleans Police Department's...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is facing federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a scheme with her bodyguard — Jeffrey Vappie, with whom she had a romantic relationship — to defraud the city of more than $70,000. The 18-count indictment includes charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud,...

The New Orleans Police Department is actively seeking the public's assistance in locating a person of interest connected to a homicide case. The incident, which occurred in the early morning hours of July 31, resulted in the death of a young male on Franklin Avenue, as reported by the New Oleans Police Department.

The 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is being commemorated this month. Across the nation, we are remembering the heroes, lost lives and tough lessons about disaster preparedness when the infamous storm devastated southern coastal communities. At 5 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin started a...

Photojournalist Kathleen Flynn met Rodney and Rhonda Lomax after Hurricane Katrina flooded their home in 2005.

Louisiana Public Broadcasting's Dorothea Wilson, co-anchor and reporter for "Louisiana: The State We're In," died unexpectedly on Tuesday, the statewide network announced on Thursday. She was 42. Wilson joined the LPB news team in September 2024. Originally from New Orleans' West Bank, Wilson's journalism career took...

The New Orleans Police Department is urging the community to step forward with any information regarding three individuals implicated in a recent robbery incident. The New Orleans Police Department released this call for assistance on their official news site, detailing the circumstances surrounding the crime that...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A French Quarter woman suing New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has added former NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie to her lawsuit. Anne Breaud alleges Cantrell used her position to obtain Breaud’s private information, including her Social Security number. Breaud claims Cantrell used that information...

The United Cajun Navy volunteer who found 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez dead in a New Orleans East lagoon earlier this week said Thursday that two alligators surfaced with the boy's body after storing it under water. Aided by a thermal drone, volunteer Jon Gusanders discovered Bryan floating in the lagoon at...

(The Center Square) − Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the rows of pastel “Katrina Cottages” scattered across Louisiana still stand as reminders of both government ambition and bureaucratic missteps. In 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Louisiana nearly $75 million to build more durable...