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Former New Orleans City Council member Jared Brossett is back in court, this time on a fresh allegation of driving while intoxicated, according to Orleans Parish records. Brossett, 43, was arrested Sunday, May 24, and appeared in Orleans Parish Magistrate Court after being booked on related charges. It is the latest in

ATF Agent (SOURCE: ATF) A New Orleans man will spend nearly three decades in federal...

Officials with the Louisiana Lottery are searching for the winner of an unclaimed Power Ball ticket.

Days after a car plowed through the dining room of the Olive Branch Cafe, injuring several people and leaving behind a trail of destruction, the Algiers restaurant has partially reopened. Owner Russell Autry confirmed to WWL Louisiana that the restaurant has been open for carry-out since Saturday, three days after the

Gunfire cracked across a busy stretch of U.S. 90 in Avondale on Sunday evening, striking at least one vehicle outside a local business but leaving everyone unhurt, according to authorities. Deputies swept through the area as investigators worked the scene and neighbors watched a surge of law-enforcement activity unfold

New Orleans bounce music lost one of its earliest stars with the death of Willie Puckett Jr. The rapper, dancer, and longtime nightlife fixture died May 3 after suffering respiratory failure linked to cancer. He was 50. Raised in the city’s 10th Ward and the former St. Thomas projects, Puckett...

LOUISIANA — Twelve people were arrested following a two-month narcotics investigation in Slidell targeting the distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other illegal drugs, according to the Slidell Police Department. Police said the department’s Narcotics and K9 divisions worked alongside the Drug Enforcement Admi

FEMA has approved $24.2 million in post-disaster funding for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas to build safer, more resilient communities with infrastructure that can withstand future events.

Zurich American Insurance Company wants its money back. On May 21, 2026, the insurer sued Capital Logistics Group, LLC over a stolen coffee shipment on the road between Louisiana and Tennessee. Zurich is chasing more than $132,000. According to the complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Middle...

I am dismayed that the congressional elections in Louisiana were abruptly canceled, even after early voting had begun. I am dismayed that the person I voted for, for Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal Court, had his position eliminated after he won by a wide margin. I am dismayed that the...