Irish Channel store clerk stabbed in head while trying to stop suspected shoplifter, NOPD...
A clerk at a convenience store in the Irish Channel was hospitalized in critical condition after authorities say he was stabbed while confronting a suspected shoplifter. The New Orleans Police Department arrested Roy Holmes Jr., 37, and booked him with attempted second-degree murder and armed robbery, court records sai
Texas Gulf Coast is finalist for first U.S. polymetallic nodule plant
The Gulf Coast region of Texas is being considered as one of four locations for what would be the first critical mineral refining and processing facility in the United States.
Weather Aware: Parish-by-parish updates ahead of potential flooding from heavy rain
Multiple parishes are monitoring the potential for heavy rainfall this week and the possibility for flooding. The National Weather Service in New Orleans is currently predicting southeast Louisiana could see 4-6” of additional rainfall through Friday evening, with lower totals in coastal southeast Louisiana. Localized
New Orleans man proposes, but Crocs shoe ‘accidentally photobombs’ engagement
A New Orleans man popped the question to his girlfriend but said Crocs shoes "accidentally photobombed" his engagement photo.
Two from Georgia admit stealing Kenner police chief’s mail, also face charges in New...
A man and woman from Georgia pleaded guilty in a Jefferson Parish court Friday to stealing letters from local mailboxes, including a check belonging to the Kenner chief of police, court records show. Anthony Lowe, 64, pleaded guilty to three counts of mail theft while Christine Smith, 58, pleaded guilty...
First Alert Forecast: First Alert Weather Day for our Tuesday, heavy rain and localized...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Keep the rain gear around this morning, as scattered showers and storms continue to develop through the morning and into the early afternoon. Some of the more widespread rain chances will be along and south of I-10 this morning, before a boundary lifts to the north helping to push some rain o
Deep sea mining company considering greater New Orleans for first refinery location
A newly formed deep sea mining company is considering two greater New Orleans locations as potential homes for a critical-mineral refining facility that could be the first of its kind in the United States. Washington, D.C.-based Glomar Minerals said late Monday that it has partnered with Australia's Cobalt Blue Holding
New Orleans-based matcha and coffee shop has opened its first northshore location
A popular New Orleans-based café specializing in matcha has opened its first location on the northshore. Evolve Coffee + Matcha officially opened a new location at 2891 U.S. 190, Unit B-3, in The Village Shopping Center earlier this month. The new storefront marks the growing company's fourth location in the New Orlean
OPSO employee fired, arrested after internal investigation
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office officials said they fired and arrested an employee on a charge of malfeasance in office. According to OPSO officials, video footage at the Orleans Justice Center shows now-former employee Imyri Johnson conducting security rounds when an inmate threw a cup of water th
City Hall finds funds to support Desire Square community center amid budget woes
The Desire Square community center, a long-awaited project to bring more retail and community resources to New Orleans' historic Desire neighborhood, is on track to be completed later this year after the city's budget woes threatened to snarl funding for the project. In a news release Monday, Mayor Helena Moreno's...

















