Pope accepts Aymond’s resignation; names Checchio as 15th archbishop of New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Archbishop Gregory Aymond and named James Checchio as the 15th archbishop of New Orleans. The 76-year-old Aymond served one year past the mandatory retirement age for bishops. Checchio has been in New Orleans since September, visiting parishes, attending...
Forty Riders Sidelined For Misconduct During Mardi Gras Festivities
Celebrations took an abrupt turn for dozens of Mardi Gras float riders durin a parade over the weekend. While crowds were looking for throws, a specific float was found completely emptied before the route was even finished. Law enforcement stepped in when riders were accused of using throws as projectile...
Teen who died days after being shot in the 7th Ward identified by New...
A 15-year-old boy who died days after being injured in a 7th Ward shooting was identified by the Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office on Wednesday. Walter Dalton died on Feb. 8 after he and another person were shot at the intersection of North Miro and New Orleans streets on Feb. 4. Dalton and the other victim were both...
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno will hire 50 maintenance workers for street repairs
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno announced a plan Wednesday to hire 50 frontline workers in the badly undermanned public works department, a major step toward bolstering the city’s ability to handle routine streets maintenance in house. It could take as long as a year to fill the full-time positions,...
West Bank woman pleads guilty to manslaughter in her brother’s death
A West Bank woman was sentenced to one year in prison Monday after she pleaded guilty to fatally shooting her brother during a disagreement, according to court records. Monica Washington, 35, pleaded guilty as charged to manslaughter in the death of 27-year-old Lionel Washington. Judge Stephen Grefer of the 24th...
‘I thought he was dead’: Paradegoers attacked by group near Uptown route
What was supposed to be a night of fun on the Uptown parade route Friday ended with an emergency trip to the hospital. “I went down. I couldn’t hear anything. My ear was busted open,” said a man who we’re refereeing to as Blake to protect his identity.
Appeals court affirms conviction, 50-year sentence for New Orleans child rapist
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A New Orleans man twice convicted of sexually assaulting a preteen girl was rebuffed this week in his effort to have his conviction and 50-year prison sentence overturned. Louisiana’s Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal on Tuesday found no reason to vacate the rape conviction of 59-year-old...
Damon Bryant gets 515 years, Destin Smith gets 227 years in armed robbery spree...
A Jefferson Parish judge on Tuesday (Feb. 10) sentenced a pair of West Bank half-bothers to hundreds of years in prison for their convictions for committing a string of armed robberies, and a shooting that left a Terrytown man dead. Destin Smith, 26, of Algiers, and Damon Bryant, 28, of...
12-foot great white shark tracked off Louisiana coast
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A 12-foot great white shark has been tracked off the Louisiana coast, according to new data from the nonprofit research group OCEARCH. The shark, named Ernst, pinged in the Gulf on Jan. 30 near the Chandeleur Islands east of New Orleans, according to OCEARCH’s public tracker.
FAA restricts flights over New Orleans and El Paso Airport for ‘security reasons’
Two flight restrictions were issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday morning for airspace over El Paso, Texas, and New Orleans. In Texas, arriving and departing flights out of El Paso International Airport in El Paso, Texas, have been suspended for 10 days, the FAA announced. The decision to halt...
