New Orleans LA

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana still grapples with the human cost of engineering mistakes, leadership failures, and racial injustice.

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Benjamin Franklin High School (BFHS) announced that it has once again been ranked the top public high school in Louisiana by U.S. News & World Report. In the latest rankings, BFHS also placed No. 24 among charter schools nationwide and earned a spot in the national Top 100 out of more...

Natchitoches Parish- A Marrero man was arrested Thursday evening after being clocked at 115 mph and driving recklessly on Interstate 49, according to the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office. On August 21, 2025, at approximately 8:00 p.m., deputies with the NPSO Patrol Operations Bureau were conducting patrols near...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A man was shot and killed Sunday, Aug. 24 in the French Quarter. According to the New Orleans Police Department, officers received reports of a shooting around 3:12 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Royal and Iberville Streets. Upon arrival, officers found a man suffering multiple gunshot...

NEW ORLEANS — The search continues for 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez, who has been missing since Aug. 14 in New Orleans East. Sunday marks 10 days since Bryan was last seen, and investigators say the search remains active. Bryan’s family told police he climbed out of his bedroom window around...

New Orleans residents can expect a wet and warm end to their week according to the latest weather update from the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service New Orleans has predicted a 60 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, primarily occurring between 1 pm and 4 pm today. Although the morning...

(NewsNation) — After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, many residents rummaged through abandoned stores to take what they needed to survive. Others caused chaos in already devastated neighborhoods, stealing anything they could grab. See “On Air Live: The Hurricane Katrina Tapes,” NewsNation’s special report...

Rashuad Fontenberry Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison for Violent Gas Station Robbery. Rashuad Fontenberry, a 33-year-old former New Orleans resident, pleaded guilty to carjacking charges last week. The plea stems from a violent incident at a local gas station on September 5, 2022, where Fontenberry and an accomplice...

The New Orleans Fire Department says flames errupted Saturday night in what they called a “stubborn” fire in New Orleans East. “The first NOFD company arrived on the scene of 9301 Old Gentilly Rd. at 8:10 p.m.,” Captain Edwin Holmes said

New Orleans Police say a man shot a woman after she asked him about contracting a sexually transmitted disease. “The known female victim learned she tested positive for an STD and went to the 2700 Blk Iberville to confront her companion,”