Where home values are falling: Florida cities lead in losses, New Orleans in gains
RateZip’s Home Value Movers, September 2026 edition: between the August 1, 2026 baseline and the September 1, 2026 refresh, median tracked home values fell 1.5% in Palm Bay, FL and 0.7% in New Port Richey, FL, while New Orleans, LA (+4.7%) and Pittsburgh, PA (+3.8%) posted the largest gains.
New Orleans Municipal Auditorium receives FEMA extension for repairs
Once known for hosting Mardi Gras balls, proms and graduations, the F.X. Jeff Sr. Municipal Auditorium in Tremé has sat vacant since Hurricane Katrina.
FBI touts record drop in violent crime after Operation Summer Heat 2.0
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says partnerships with local and state law enforcement helped to deliver the largest one-year drop of violent crime rates in bureau data history. The results follow a crime crackdown federal agents call Operation Summer Heat 2.0. In July, a driver...
Increased chances for Tropical Depression formation in Atlantic by Wednesday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – We’re continuing to monitor an area in the tropical Atlantic that the National Hurricane Center flags for potential development as early as Wednesday. The NHC says that “a trough of low pressure located about 1000-miles east-southeast of Bermuda continues to produce disorganized showers and thunder
Jury selection begins for 2 suspects charged in death of New Orleans Super Bowl...
Jury selection is underway in the Jefferson Parish trial of a man and woman charged with working together to drug and rob French Quarter tourists, a yearslong scheme that authorities say led to the death of a Kansas City sports reporter who traveled to New Orleans to cover the 2025 Super Bowl.
Gunman found guilty in killing of New Orleans woman and unborn child
New Orleans jurors convicted a Plum Orchard man for his role in a fatal 2019 drive-by shooting that killed a woman days before she was set to give birth. Tychelle Ridgley, 28, was 8 1/2-months pregnant when Zachery Holmes and two other gunmen ambushed her boyfriend near the couple’s doorstep in the 4700 block of Viola
Operation Summer Heat 2.0 arrests hundreds in Greater New Orleans area
A joint summer operation between local, state and federal agencies led to hundreds of arrests.
Hurricane Ida fraud case moves closer to first guilty plea
The first defendant charged in the Hurricane Ida insurance fraud case built around McClenny Moseley and Associates (MMA) is headed toward a guilty plea, the Guardian reported, citing federal court records in New Orleans. Richard William Huye III, 34, is scheduled to appear at a rearraignment hearing on September 28...
New restaurant, lounge plans to open in Maypop space as downtown NOLA corridor sees...
More than a year after the Maypop closed in the Central Business District, a new restaurant is preparing to open in its place, joining the growing slate of restaurants and bars reshaping downtown New Orleans. Velvet & Vine will take over the building on O’Keefe Avenue that formerly housed the...
Serial rapist Donnell Bluain sentenced to six consecutive life sentences
A Jefferson Parish judge on Monday (Sept. 14) sentenced serial rapist Donnell Bluain to six back-to-back life sentences in prison for raping six women in East Jefferson four decades ago. “We all have waited 40 years for justice to catch up with you, and it finally has,” one of Bluain’s...
