Higher fees or no recycling? New Orleans budget crisis threatens city trash hauling
The New Orleans budget fiasco will soon hit residents on their curbs or in their pocketbooks, as city officials wrestle with whether to raise the fee for weekly trash pickups or cut recycling and other sanitation-related services. Without a fee increase, the city's sanitation department will operate on a barebones...
New Orleans Fire Department responds to salvage yard fire
The New Orleans Fire Department responded to a one-alarm vehicle salvage yard fire on Friday, Oct. 17.
Are AI Tools Deciding Who Keeps Their Job In Louisiana?
Businesses are now using AI algorithms to decide layoffs, evaluating skill sets, flight risk, and bias risks — forcing a new era in HR decision making.
The Homey Restaurant In Louisiana Locals Swear Has The State’s Best Blueberry Pancake
The moment you bite into a blueberry pancake at Betsy’s Pancake House in New Orleans, you understand why people get territorial about their favorite breakfast spots. This isn’t just another diner claiming to serve the best pancakes in town. This is the kind of place where locals actually...
New Orleans Police Seek Public’s Help to Find Person of Interest in Illegal Dumping...
New Orleans Police have called upon the community to assist in locating a person of interest who may hold vital information concerning an instance of illegal dumping that occurred earlier this month. This request for public cooperation stems from an event reported on October 5, near the 14100 block of Michoud...
Last suspect sentenced in Raising Cane’s killing
KENNER, La. — The final person convicted in connection with the deadly 2016 stabbing of a Raising Cane’s manager in Kenner could be released as soon as Thursday. Our partners at the Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate report a Jefferson Parish judge sentenced Ariana Runner to 5 years in prison with credit for time...
Katrina changed how jails deal with natural disasters. 20 years later, challenges remain
Twenty years later, Hannibal Nicholls recounts what was going on in his life toward the end of August 2005. He was in college and was engaged to his fiancée. Then suddenly, he was in the Orleans Parish Prison complex, fearing for his life as floodwater began creeping into one of its buildings.
Southern University ramps up security for homecoming due to threats made against HBCUs
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Southern University is celebrating homecoming as the Jaguars face Prairie View A&M at 4 p.m. Saturday. RELATED: Security expert weighs in on common safety measures after HBCU school threats. University Chancellor John K. Pierre said officials remain on alert after threats were made last month to...
Off-price retailer opening 38 new locations, including one in New Orleans
Nearly two dozen states are getting a new Burlington store in the coming week.
Metairie apartment owner could face legal troubles due to water shutoff
METAIRIE, LA (WVUE) - After The Maxwell apartment complex in Metairie went without water for several days earlier this month due to unpaid water bills, a Jefferson Parish councilman is considering using a new state law to hold the property owners accountable for the disruption. FOX 8 first learned about...
