Shoplifting turns into car chase through Slidell and New Orleans, police say
A Houma man who police say was shoplifting from a Slidell sporting goods store led officers on a chase through Slidell, into New Orleans and then back into Slidell Monday night. During the chase, the driver of the vehicle was seen tossing things out of the Nissan Altima's window, the...
Coroner IDs victims in New Orleans East murder-suicide, Duncan Plaza fight, Leonidas shooting
NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office has identified three people killed in separate incidents across New Orleans this past week as Brenda Maricela Bueso Molina, 38, Clifton Green, 43, and Jarmone Smith, 42. Brenda Maricela Bueso Molina. Molina was one of two people found shot to...
LLA: New Orleans has $160 million spending deficit
Louisiana legislative auditor Waguespack told council members that at least $40 million of that deficit is the result of bad budgeting. Specifically, Waguespack said the city underbudgeted police overtime to the tune of two decimal points.
Louisiana’s youth need support systems, not National Guard patrols
When I think about troops coming to New Orleans, I get anxious about the potential impacts on our young people because I know what it’s like to be a kid who is seen as “trouble” in the eyes of authority. I grew up in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, and I was repeatedly pushed […]
Fear grows that ‘Green Fentanyl’ could make its way to EBR Parish
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - There’s a new drug on the street that’s raising concern. It’s called green fentanyl, and it’s showing up across the Northshore and in New Orleans. Now, there’s growing fear it could make its way to Baton Rouge. “It’s a fight....
Letters: Orleans Levee Board did good work, not to blame for Katrina failures
Recently, in a letter in this publication, writers Paul Kemp and Ivor van Heerden stated the pre-Hurricane Katrina levee boards gave the Army Corps of Engineers a 40-year pass on the “never quite finished flood defenses” put in place after Hurricane Betsy. This statement was made in the...
Letters: Let’s get smart and support grid hardening over solar subsidies
Like most small business owners in New Orleans, and as someone with a deep appreciation for our community, I worry our city is becoming more expensive, less reliable and therefore less attractive to residents, local businesses and investment. That’s why I want to weigh in on a recent City Council hearing about...
Candidates in two Orleans council runoffs prepare for final stretch
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The race is on to win voters in the only two New Orleans City Council races not decided Saturday night. Residents in large portions of Lakeview, Carrollton and New Orleans East must choose between council candidates who didn’t win outright in the Oct. 11 primary.
Questions arise during Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office consent decree hearing
The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office has been under a consent decree for over a decade, with no timetable on when it might end.
Fear grows that ‘Green Fentanyl’ could make its way to EBR
Officials in the New Orleans area have already said that "Green Fentanyl" is emerging as a deadly threat.
