Mardi Gras warning to drivers as officials target them with $75 fines & boots...
MOTORISTS will need to keep a closer eye on parking meters and posted signage in the midst of a major crackdown. If targeted as part of efforts to erase a more than $200million budget deficit, drivers risk a maximum fine of $75 and having their vehicles towed. Further fueling the...
Man found shot to death behind business in Violet
A second suspect is in custody after a deadly shooting in Violet on Thursday. Malajah Lougin, 19 was arrested on charges of principal to second-degree murder. The St. Bernard Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested Tyreese Riley on Thursday and booked him with principal to second-degree murder. Arrest warrants have been...
Musician Amanda Shaw wins 56th annual greasing of the poles competition
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Musician Amanda Shaw won the 56th annual greasing of the poles competition at the Royal Sonesta on Bourbon Street Friday morning. Four people competed for the title of 2026 Greasing Champion. The tradition started as a way to keep people from climbing the hotel’s poles.
The railway revival that’s got the locals smiling: After 20 years, America’s Deep South...
In 2025, Amtrak launched its Mardi Gras Service train between New Orleans and Mobile on the Gulf Coast, a service that was suspended in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Train aficionado Daniel Puddicombe travels along the relaunched route which connects the cities for the first time in two decades. “Ladies...
St. Charles Parade Brawl Explodes Into Bloody Stabbing
What started as a Carnival crowd along the St. Charles Avenue parade route ended in chaos over the weekend, when a large fistfight near the end of the Krewe of Pygmalion parade left one person stabbed and several others in handcuffs, according to New Orleans police. The brawl, which involved at least 10 people in the...
Be Beyoncé’s neighbor with this pink, $1.5 million house in the Garden District
The home at 1507 Harmony St. was built in 1975. But you might not guess that at first. Clad in a dusty pink stucco, the house's hints of Greek Revival architecture blend with its historic Garden District neighbors — Beyoncé among them. Her mansion, too, sits on Harmony Street just south of the iconic St. Charles...
Cooler Full Of Cash, Gretna Teller Manager Busted After $150K Traffic Stop
A Jefferson Parish credit union manager's road trip ended in handcuffs after deputies in Walton County, Florida, said they found roughly $150,000 in cash tucked into a small cooler during a traffic stop. Authorities identified the driver as 34-year-old Alexa Braud of Gretna. She was booked into the Jefferson Parish...
Morning collisions on US 90 and La. 1 leave two dead, LSP says
On Feb. 12, 2026, shortly after 6 a.m., Louisiana State Police Troop C began investigating a two-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 90 near Cypress Drive in Lafourche Parish. The crash killed 52-year-old Kenneth McMillan of New Orleans. Troopers said McMillan was driving a 2023 Toyota RAV4 east on Highway 90....
New Orleans police arrest nine, searching for six others after violent fight during parade
New Orleans police arrested 9 people and are searching for 6 others in connection with an altercation that led to a stabbing during a parade last Saturday. According to police, on Feb. 7, there was a large fight involving multiple people in the 2100 block of St. Charles Ave. along the parade route, where one person...
Report: Human remains discovered in New Orleans by Entergy workers, police say
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy workers discovered a body in the Leonidas neighborhood Thursday afternoon, and now the New Orleans Police Department is investigating. As our partners at The Times-Picayune report, the utility crew was working in the 8100 block of Willow Street when they smelled a decaying odor. They alerted...
