Since 1998, Nine Times parades on Sunday before Thanksgiving
The Nine Times Social Aid and Pleasure Club Second Line Parade is scheduled for Sunday (Nov. 23). This group has paraded through the 9th Ward on the Sunday before Thanksgiving since 1998. “We all grew up in the Ninth Ward, and Nine Times stands for the neighborhood,” Gerald Platenburg wrote...
Hit-&-run kills 1, injures another on Hwy. 90
New Orleans Police Department officers are investigating a deadly hit-and-run that happened Friday evening in New Orleans East. Police say a tan hatchback struck two pedestrians at the corner of Chef Menteur Hwy. and Majestic Oaks Dr.
New Orleans woman left wondering about water safety after letter from SWBNO
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Sewerage and Water Board (SWBNO) sent Bre Dalton a letter this month saying it’s not sure what material makes up her water service line. “What do you mean the material is unknown?” she said. The letter promised to help replace the pipe if...
New Orleans Man Sentenced to 14 Years for Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Distribution
A New Orleans man has been sentenced to over 14 years in prison following a string of drug distribution charges, primarily involving methamphetamine and fentanyl. Alton Tumblin, 44, faced a federal judge on Wednesday, November 19, receiving 175 months behind bars. It was the result of a plea on multiple counts linked...
Major fire destroys multiple apartments in New Orleans East
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A major fire destroyed multiple apartments at the Laguna Reserve Apartments on Friday afternoon (Nov. 21), forcing residents to evacuate as flames spread quickly through the building. The fire started around 12:45 p.m., and the New Orleans Fire Department worked nearly two-and-a-half hours to get...
New ‘Willie’s’ Concept Coming to Canal Street
Signage indicates the new concept is called Willie's Pizza & Wing
Intense Debate: Allegations of $61K Medicaid Fraud Against New Orleans Couple for Concealing Marriage...
fox8live.com - 11/17/2025 11:07:00 PM. A recent case of Medicaid fraud in New Orleans has sparked a heated discussion among the public. Gregory and Antoinette Hammond, a couple from the city, have been accused of defrauding the Louisiana Medicaid program of over $61,000 by allegedly underreporting their income and...
RCC Inmate Sentenced to 60 Years After Being Caught with Contraband
District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on November 5, 2025, Judge William H. Burris sentenced 30-year-old Derrell Hilton of New Orleans to 60 years in prison after a Washington Parish jury found Hilton guilty of Possession of contraband in a correctional facility and Obstruction of justice by tampering with...
Border Agents Target Mississippi, Louisiana in ‘Swamp Sweep,’ Aiming to Arrest Thousands of Immigrants
NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Around 250 federal border agents are set to descend on New Orleans in the coming weeks for a two-month immigration crackdown dubbed “Swamp Sweep” that aims to arrest roughly 5,000 people across southeast Louisiana and into southeast Mississippi, according to documents obtained by The...
Judge hands Daniel Callihan two more life sentences in Tangipahoa murder-kidnapping
Daniel Callihan, the man who killed a Loranger mother and kidnapped her two daughters before killing one of them and leaving her body near Jackson, Mississippi, was sentenced to two life sentences by a federal judge in New Orleans. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk handed down the sentences on Wednesday...
