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Questions are being raised about how a former New Orleans police lieutenant who was fired for sexual harassment was hired by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office before resigning Thursday night. According to the relief letter we obtained, state Civil Service officials upheld the termination of former NOPD Lt. Anthony Ba

A Metairie man accused of importing and distributing large quantities of a prescription muscle relaxant has been arrested, according to Louisiana State Police. Authorities say 39-year-old Anthony Bonds was first identified in March after investigators with Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Se

Two men wanted in connection with a shooting, a carjacking, and a series of armed robberies across New Orleans last month have been arrested, police said. The suspects were identified as 18-year-old Tyler Bajoie and 28-year-old Donte Moore. According to the New Orleans Police Department, detectives had been investigati

A mother’s anguish filled a New Orleans courtroom Friday before a judge sent her daughter’s killer to prison for life – again. Henry Talley Jr. insisted he was not the man who killed Asia Davis, his then-girlfriend, in brutal fashion three years ago. “I’m accused of a crime I didn’t commit,” he told her family.

A Metairie jeweler arrested in April and accused of stealing from his customers is now facing new charges, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. Ira Savoie, 71, of Old Jefferson, was rearrested Wednesday and booked with two counts of theft valued between $5,000 and $24,999 and one count of exploitation of

Eleven years after 16-year-old Kaylan Ward was found dead beside Interstate 10 near the Bullard Avenue exit on June 4, 2015, New Orleans is still waiting for answers. Her killing remains unsolved, but this week WGNO's "Wheel of Justice" put the case back on television and reported that the New Orleans Police Department

A letter released Thursday from the New Orleans Office of Inspector General says the city's recreation agency left serious holes in how it screens volunteer youth coaches. Investigators say incomplete background checks, lax ID-badge enforcement and sloppy recordkeeping combined to give parents a “false assurance” that

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - There are only a few buildings and facades left of the former Six Flags site in New Orleans East, with developers slowly making progress on the theme park’s successor — Bayou Phoenix. Developers Henry Consulting and TKTMJ have been working on transforming the hurricane-scarred...

The Sewerage & Water Board is again cleaning catch basins after work ground to a halt earlier this year, but it continues to lag behind its goal and still has no money for citywide repairs to damaged pipes that will continue backing up stormwater. Neglect of the “minor drainage” system...

The scientists projected that New Orleans could lose 75 percent of its wetlands if sea levels rise by 3 meters.