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Human error: that’s what the head of the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board says was a “contributing factor” in parts of the city flooding during Saturday afternoon’s rainstorm.

Less than a year after pleading guilty to manslaughter when an attempt to steal a vehicle turned deadly, Louisiana State Police say a Waggaman teen led troopers on a chase into New Orleans in a stolen car, a pursuit that left at least one person injured. Emon Starks, 19, was...

The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans says it will cooperate with an audit requested by Gov. Jeff Landry into the ongoing Decatur Street construction project. The agency issued its response while providing an update on the French Quarter project, which has disrupted access to businesses and homes along Decatur and

As a group of tourists stepped off their paddle wheeler in St. Bernard Parish Wednesday afternoon to wander the 145-acre Chalmette Battlefield, park ranger Karley Nugent gathered the group to talk about "one of the most important moments in United States history." "The Battle of New Orleans and its overall...

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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast Sunday (July 12), with the most-impactful stretch running through Tuesday. A slow-moving frontal boundary sagging in from the north, combined with deep Gulf moisture, will increase the potential for heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding, e

New Orleans police say they are investigating two separate weekend shootings. The first shooting happened in around 8 p.m. Saturday in Algiers. The second happened around 5 a.m. Sunday near the corner of Piety Street and North Dorgenois Street in the Ninth Ward.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Sunday brings another round of thunderstorms all across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, but some spots will have the chance for severe weather. Northern Tangipahoa and northern Washington along with northern Pearl River county will be at a MARGINAL RISK (or LEVEL 1) for severe...

It wasn’t so long ago that the chickens would threaten to drown out the Sunday services at Rock of Ages Baptist Church. So small was the congregation, and so loud were the neighbor’s chickens that the Rev. Jonathan Everett joked there were times he wished he could have taught them to cluck their way through “Amazing Gr

Beija Lopes-Morgan excelled in high school, but occasionally her mind wandered during class. How hard would it be, she wondered, for a stranger to enter the building?. During a meeting of fellow student leaders from across Louisiana, she asked if anyone else had ever felt unsafe at school. “Every single...