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NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Police are asking for help finding a woman who went missing from the Desire neighborhood one week ago. Christine Wiltz, 34, was last seen wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and slippers with socks on March 23 near the intersection of Oliver White Avenue and Abundance Street.

The New Orleans Police Department announced street closures for the Mardi Gras Indian's Downtown Super Sunday on March 29.

A man is accused of defrauding the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans Workers Compensation program out of $37,000.

TERREBONNE PARISH, La. (WVUE) - A child called 911 Sunday night saying someone had broken into his family’s apartment and was attacking his mother, Terrebonne Parish deputies said. The suspect, 32-year-old David Blackwell of Gretna, faces a felony charge of home invasion, deputies said. Deputies arriving at the...

A man died in a shooting in the Little Woods neighborhood Monday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police were called to the scene at the 8600 block of Chase Street at around 12:40 p.m., where they found a victim who had been shot. EMS declared the man dead on scene.

Midday gunfire turned a quiet stretch of Chase Street into a homicide scene Monday, when an unidentified man was found with gunshot wounds in the 8600 block of the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans around 12:40 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and officers remained on the block into the afternoon as...

If you were planning to cruise through downtown New Orleans this afternoon, the city has other plans for you. New Orleans police have announced a series of downtown street closures ahead of the Mardi Gras Indians' Downtown Super Sunday procession, a move that will shake up traffic and parking around the route. The...

Monday, March 30, 2026, started exactly how New Orleanians expected late March to feel: cloudy, muggy and instantly sticky. Temperatures rolled out near 70°F with dewpoints in the upper 60s, so the air felt heavy before most folks finished their first cup of coffee. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to ramp up...

Jefferson Parish has a few hands-on roles open right now for folks who like to make, fix, or move things. These jobs offer steady work and a chance to learn useful skills in production and warehouse settings.

A Marrero man will serve two and a half years in state prison for the crash that killed a 64-year-old cyclist in Jefferson Parish. Judge Jacqueline Maloney sentenced 36-year-old Mark Sicuro after he pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Lan Si Ho, who was struck while riding on Barataria Boulevard near...