Letters: Car registration alerts from phone app made renewal seem urgent, pricier
Beware of LA Wallet, and watch your own. The LA Wallet app was installed on my phone as a place to keep my COVID vaccination record. It also holds my driver's license and vehicle license registration information. It has come in handy from time to time. Recently, around Aug. 1,...
Cajun Creations in Elegant Surroundings – Louisiana Restaurant Eans “Best Of” Honors
Bon Appetit Magazine has selected a Louisiana restaurant with strong Cajun influences as on of the top new restaurants in the country.
FBI experts testify on disbarred attorney, accused hitman’s financial, phone records
The prosecution in a wide-ranging New Orleans staged wrecks murder trial continued calling witnesses Tuesday. Disbarred attorney Sean Alfortish and accused hitman Leon Parker are facing charges related to the 2020 killing of federal witness Cornelius Garrison in the staged wrecks investigation. On Tuesday, the jury hea
NOPD fails to arrest wanted man on five warrants before deadly shooting
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Shawn Dent’s life changed with a single phone call on May 2, 2026. “I’ll never forget it. It was a Saturday morning,” he said. “We thought it may have been a spam caller.”. The call was from the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office....
Orleans jail inmate stabs three other prisoners during fight, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Three Orleans Parish inmates were stabbed during a jail fight Tuesday (Aug. 25), New Orleans police said. Neither the injured inmates, nor the inmate accused of their stabbings, were publicly identified by the agency. The conditions of the injured inmates also were not disclosed. The NOPD...
C&C Marine delivers final towboat in series for Canal Barge Company
C &C Marine and Repair, Belle Chasse, La., has delivered the final vessel in a four-boat series of 2,600-hp. Inland towboats to New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company. The final vessel, the Mimsy H. Lindner, follows the Al Sloss, the first boat in the series, the Deborah H. Valentine, and the Cabby H. Boone. All four ve
New Orleans-based Sazerac makes a multi-million dollar bet on defunct Kentucky distillery
Sazerac Co. secured a major increase in its bourbon-making capacity at happy hour prices, completing the purchase of a Kentucky distillery that collapsed under the weight of its debts after just 15 months of operations. Garrard County Distilling Co. opened in Lancaster, Kentucky, in January 2024 with the promise of...
Steamy New Orleans Braces For Stormy Soaking Through Friday
New Orleans is starting Tuesday clear, humid and already warm, with temperatures around 82 degrees before sunrise. The city should climb near 91 degrees, but showers and thunderstorms may move in after 10 a.m. and interrupt the afternoon heat. Afternoon Storms Could Bring Downpours. The National Weather Service in New.
NOPD searching for Uptown hit-and-run truck and driver
In the surveillance video, a blue truck appears to be moving toward a group of people who were crossing Broadway. After hitting one of them, police say the truck continued toward Saint Charles Avenue.
New Orleans teacher sues over Ten Commandments law
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.

















