Record-Breaking 4.4 Earthquake Hits U.S. Thursday Morning
If you're living in Louisiana, you dealt with a historic earthquake this Thursday. At around 5:30 a.m. this Thursday, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake was reported south of Shreveport, Louisiana. It's not the strongest earthquake (5.3 magnitude) ever reported in Louisiana, but it certainly woke people up ...
Louisiana Staged Truck Crash Scheme Heads to Trial as Investigators Uncover Organized Fraud Network
Long Investigation Uncovers Staged Truck Crash Scheme. A major federal case involving staged truck accidents in Louisiana has moved to trial, exposing an alleged organized scheme that targeted trucking companies for years. Louisiana Motor Transport Association spokesperson Renee Amar says investigators believe the...
Slidell man found shot dead in St. Rose, cops think he killed himself after...
A Northshore man is dead and police say it appears he went on a rampage before taking his own life. “Deputies responded to a call for service in the 200 block of W. Oakland Drive in St. Rose,”
Popular 7th Ward Cajun restaurant closes, but will reopen soon in a new city:...
After more than six years in spaces across New Orleans, Nonno’s Cajun Cuisine & Pastries closed its latest home along a historic stretch in the 7th Ward last month and will reopen in Jefferson Parish. Chef Shermond Esteen opened the restaurant in a mint-green building on Bayou Road two...
‘Leave immediately’: Mid-City Rouses criticized by neighbors for loud security warnings
NEW ORLEANS — A motion-activated security system at a Mid-City Rouses Market is drawing criticism from pedestrians and cyclists who say its loud warnings are disrupting their time along the Lafitte Greenway. The upgraded audio and video surveillance system was installed to deter vandalism, Rouses' management said....
Man leads NOPD officers on 2 chases in 20-minute timeframe
A suspect has been arrested after two police chases within a 20-minute timeframe in New Orleans Wednesday evening. According to Project NOLA, a suspect wanted in connection with several property crimes was spotted by NOPD officers in the 500 block of Frenchmen Street. The suspect ran from officers but was...
New Orleans City Park receives $2M to continue park improvements. See what’s getting a...
New Orleans City Park’s old stable turned storage facility had been a shell of its former self for years before Hurricane Katrina, though the 2005 storm dealt it a death blow. But the blighted Old Corral building near the Interstate 610 underpass will soon anchor a public gathering space...
In staged wrecks trial, jury selection spotlights high auto rates: ‘I don’t like insurance...
A jury was impaneled Tuesday afternoon in the blockbuster staged-crash conspiracy trial of two New Orleans personal injury attorneys accused of scheming years of staged wrecks with big rig trucks. That outcome sets up prosecutors and defense attorneys to argue their theories of the case to jurors for the first...
I-TEAM: Woman arrested by LBI in alleged crash scheme works for state senate
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A woman who was arrested by the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation accused of defrauding an insurance company out of thousands of dollars is an employee for the State Senate. Spokeswoman Julie Baxter declined to comment on her status - only saying, “this is an internal...
New cocktail bar with a rooftop terrace will open soon at Hotel Perle in...
A cocktail bar and rooftop terrace inspired by a fictional New Orleans romance is coming to the Hotel Perle in the Central Business District this spring. Charles & Julia at 757 St. Charles Ave. will be operated by Latter Hospitality, the restaurant group that also runs Tujague’s, The Bower, Bower Bar, and Birdy’s,...
