School closures and updates amid dangerous cold: Parish by parish
NEW ORLEANS — School districts across southeast Louisiana are making plans ahead of a stretch of dangerous cold expected early next week. Forecasters say temperatures will drop quickly, with wind chills in the teens and 20s Monday morning. Leftover moisture could freeze overnight, leading to slick roads and black...
Owner of several New Orleans hotspots opens new hotel, bar in Nashville. Atlanta is...
LeBlanc + Smith, a boutique hospitality group that operates four “cocktail-driven neighborhood bars” and two hotels in New Orleans, is expanding its footprint across the South with a pair of new establishments in Nashville and plans to move into Atlanta in February. Earlier this month, the group opened...
Former Louisiana prosecutor arrested on drug trafficking allegations across multiple parishes
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A former Orleans Parish and St. John the Baptist Parish assistant district attorney has been arrested on allegations he ran a drug trafficking operation across parish lines. Tony Vu Tran, who previously prosecuted cases in Orleans Parish and who worked for the St. John the Baptist...
New Orleans church bankruptcy case is settled. Now, the fight is over legal fees.
Six weeks ago, attorneys for the Archdiocese of New Orleans and clergy sex abuse survivors agreed to a settlement in the long-running bankruptcy of the local Roman Catholic church that will pay survivors more than $230 million. Thursday, the two sides were back in court arguing over how much the...
New Orleans breaks ground on Navy base redevelopment pitched as new blueprint for city
Flanked by construction equipment and the hulking brick buildings of a long-abandoned military complex, newly elected Mayor Helena Moreno joined dozens of city, state and business leaders Wednesday to mark the formal start of a $300 million redevelopment that aims to transform the former Naval Support Activity site...
Killing of Domino’s driver in Algiers still unsolved nine years later
According to police, a black Chevrolet sedan pulled up and someone inside of it opened fire. County was found lying in the street and died at the hospital.
New Orleans man sentenced to 30 years in attempted murder case in Donaldsonville
A New Orleans man who pleaded guilty in connection with a 2022 shooting at a Donaldsonville home that left one person injured was sentenced to 30 years.
Man who climbed Pearl River water tower wanted to watch sunset, sing songs
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man who climbed the Pearl River water tower last Tuesday and remained there for hours told police he just wanted to watch the sunset and sing songs. The incident shut down the water tower and put the whole town under a boil water advisory, officials said.
New Orleans schools are improving, but enrollment decline looms, superintendent says
NOLA Public Schools superintendent Fateama Fulmore touted the district’s academic progress during an annual address on the state of New Orleans schools, where she also described new efforts by the district to support the city’s independently operated charter schools. At the same time, she warned that enrollment...
New Orleans to target more than $100 million in unpaid traffic tickets
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans is getting aggressive when it comes to raising revenues, and it’s setting its sights on drivers who don’t obey the law. “Part one is an additional 50 officers, part two is we’re going after the backlog,” said CAO Joe Giarrusso.
