New Orleans police search for missing woman last seen after dropping off children
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are asking for help finding a 30-year-old woman who went missing Saturday (June 20) after dropping off her children. Kierra Aaron was last seen in the 2500 block of North Rocheblave Avenue after she left her home to drop off her kids. Aaron...
Heat, storms, & another flood threat are in store for Saturday
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - High heat and humidity will combine with afternoon storms, bringing a flood threat for some. First, the heat soars to the lower 90s with feels-like temperatures around 104-108 degrees. However, if you get a storm this afternoon, that will tamp down the heat and heat index a bit.
Louisiana Eats: A Toast To The Vine
Salvador Dalí once said, "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets." On this week's show, we sit down with wine experts and wine vintners to unlock those secrets and better understand the world of fermented grapes. And a bonus – they're all female!
Under Pressure, Tymrak Makes History As First Woman To Lead New Orleans Water Ops
Kaitlin Tymrak is officially in charge of keeping New Orleans’ water and drainage system upright at a very messy moment in its history. The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans has confirmed her as general superintendent, making her the first woman to lead the utility’s operations. The board voted unanimously on Wedne
How the Gilded Age mansions in Rhode Island brought Shingle Style in New Orleans
Have you ever noticed the use of wood shingles around New Orleans? Instead of clapboard, older homes sometimes have wooden patterns as siding and decorative accents. Unlike Colonial New England, which has a history of shingle-clad houses, the use of wood shingles as a wall cladding material arrived here in the later pa
National Weather Service confirms EF-0 tornado touched down in Arabi
ARABI, La. (WVUE) - The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Arabi Friday (June 19) evening with wind speeds estimated at 85 miles per hour. The focus now shifts to recovery for the hardest hit homes and businesses. The tornado’s destruction path closed Rowley Boulevard and Norton Avenue b
Arabi neighborhood picks up damages from tornado that came ‘out of nowhere’ with 85...
In yards strewn with branches and roof shingles, residents across several blocks in Arabi spent Saturday cleaning debris and surveying the damage from a tornado that battered their neighborhood Friday evening. The tornado slammed homes with winds up to 85 mph that snapped trees, flattened fences and ripped the roofs...
New Orleans Swelters as Heat Advisory Slams City and Storms Fire Up
New Orleans woke up on Saturday, June 20, 2026, to clear skies, thick humidity and an early-morning slap of summer, with temperatures around 79°F and a dew point near 77°F. Translation: it felt muggy before coffee, and it is only going to get stickier as the sun climbs.
Two New Orleans restaurants among Food Network’s top 10 brunches in America
Two New Orleans restaurants have been featured in Food Network's top 10 brunches in America.
S&WB, Entergy point fingers on drainage power failure during Tropical Storm Arthur
The Sewerage & Water Board and Entergy pointed fingers at one another on Saturday afternoon in trying to explain why a new, $300 million power complex for the drainage system failed its first major test during Tropical Storm Arthur two days earlier. The S&WB said a voltage drop from a...
