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An organization that monitors criminal courts in New Orleans says it can’t support legislation that would give Louisiana’s governor vast power to remake the system as he sees fit.

A beloved New Orleans animal known for bringing smiles to thousands of people across social media is now facing a serious health battle. Neuty the nutria, a local fan favorite who has become something of a New Orleans internet icon, is undergoing medical tests after his owners revealed he has a malignant mass.

Livingston Parish retrial raises tough jury questions. Attorney Franz Borghardt used his weekly segment to explain two major Louisiana legal cases now drawing public attention. He first focused on the retrial of Melanie Curtin in Livingston Parish. Curtin’s earlier conviction was thrown out after an appeals court...

The City of New Orleans at one point last week had just $30,000 in its general fund, Mayor Helena Moreno said Wednesday, a low balance for an account that’s budgeted to fund $800 million in operating expenses this year. But Moreno, who took office in January, said that “with...

Can New Orleans clean up its fiscal house in half the time? The mayor seems bullish. New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno says the cuts her administration has made is already showing savings, and 40 audits of sales tax collections has already realized…

The last two suspects wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old were arrested in Mississippi on Wednesday, March 11.

TRAVELERS hunting for a stop that’s stranger than the usual ghost tour can add one unusual tomb to their list. The offbeat attraction is tied to Hollywood star Nicholas Cage and sits inside one of the best-known burial grounds in the most haunted city in the United States. In...

New Orleans police officer Denzel Millon won his job back Tuesday, nearly a year after being fired for drunkenly crashing a marked unit into multiple cars in the Warehouse District. Civil Service Commissioners Andrew Monteverde and Ruth Davis found his termination “arbitrary and capricious,” noting that years elapsed...

Construction is ongoing on a New Orleans restaurant coming to Baton Rouge. Vals, a Mexican-inspired restaurant plans to open this year at 7242 Perkins Road. The owners of the popular eatery on Freret Street in New Orleans bought the Baton Rouge property for $1.5 million in April. Plumbing and construction...

A search is underway for a Northshore man accused of driving the wrong way on Interstate 10 and crashing into another vehicle, killing a recent college graduate. Manmeet Singh, 30, is wanted on a felony warrant issued in October, charging him with vehicular homicide, reckless operation of a motor vehicle and driving...