Hiring woes, payroll issues. New Orleans officials weigh potential budget deficit impacts
New Orleans administration officials are bracing for potential impacts to city operations under a constrained 2026 budget that’s already forced it to freeze hiring and look for new ways to raise revenue. During the first day of annual budget hearings before the City Council Tuesday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s...
New Orleans Police Seek Public Help to Identify Suspects in Violent Robbery on Henriette...
The New Orleans Police Department is currently seeking the public's help in tracking down four individuals implicated in a recent robbery. The incident, which took place in the early hours of October 10, unfolded violently, as the victim was assaulted and robbed by the suspects in the 1700 block of Henriette Delille...
City Council pushes ban on reality shows working with first responders
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council’s Governmental Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to move forward with a proposal that would ban the city from allowing reality shows to film local first responders. The ordinance, which now heads to the full council for a vote, would block the...
These 10 Louisiana legends add to New Orleans’ haunted folklore: Axman, Jean Lafitte, more
Deep down the bayou, Louisiana folklore comes alive, emerging from the murky waters that, for years, have fascinated locals and tourists alike. Historical figures are re-imagined, and tales of pirates, werewolves, vengeful ghosts and devilish spirits return each October when chilling stories resurface and the...
Gov. Landry hopes for National Guard deployment by November
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Gov. Jeff Landry said National Guard troops could arrive in Louisiana before the end of the year, with deployment potentially happening as early as November. “I’m hoping that we get them in by November,” Landry told FOX 8’s Washington Bureau. Last month, the...
Deadly Green Fentanyl Spreads Across Louisiana
Authorities are sounding the alarm over green fentanyl, a potent new drug linked to overdoses in southeast Louisiana and now spreading statewide.
Louisiana needs more teachers for English language learners. A new program offers help.
Louisiana’s first alternative program to certify teachers of English learners will seek final approval Wednesday from the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in hopes of addressing a shortage of teachers serving the state’s growing English learning student population. TeachNOLA is an alternative teacher...
New Orleans police warn of traffic crackdown after teen hit while waiting for school...
Fourteen-year-old Geneva Clouatre was running to catch the school bus near her Fairgrounds home two weeks ago when a truck blew past the bus and hit her, throwing her several feet and sending her to the hospital with road rash and a head injury. The bus was stopped, its amber...
Derrick Groves pleads not guilty to simple escape after New Orleans jailbreak, AG says
Convicted murderer Derrick Groves pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a felony simple escape charge following his infamous break from the New Orleans jail in May and five months spent on the run, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill's office. Groves appeared for his arraignment in Orleans Criminal District Court...
Editorial: Derrick Groves’ capture brings long, sad escape tale to its best end
When a Clayton County police dog sniffed out Derrick Groves in the crawlspace of an Atlanta-area home last week, it brought a welcome end to the five-month drama that began when 10 Orleans Justice Center inmates went through a hole in the wall, over a fence and across Interstate 10, leaving behind taunts scrawled on...
