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...
NOPD arrests former school administrator on indecent behavior charges
Detectives with the New Orleans Police Department’s Special Victims Unit have arrested a 31-year-old man on charges of indecent behavior with a juvenile.
Continuous Alarm at the Intersection of Elysian and Claiborne
An incessant alarm at the intersection of Elysian and Claiborne, by the Family Dollar store, has been causing distress among the local residents and passersby. The constant ringing of the alarm has been described as 'absolutely maddening' by a social media user. The alarm's continuous noise has been a source of...
‘Second Line in the Sky’: Prayer flags over Bourbon Street to honor lives lost...
NEW ORLEANS — Hundreds of prayer flags will soon hang above Bourbon Street to honor the victims of the Jan. 1 attack that claimed 14 lives and shook the city. The installation, called “Second Line in the Sky,” will stretch more than 800 flags across 21 buildings in the first three blocks of the street, "forming a...
Louisiana Man Arrested for Drilling Hole in Wall to Video People
A Louisiana man is now facing 5 counts of video voyeurism for allegedly drilling a hole in the wall of a bathroom to video people using the bathroom.
The Disappearance of Norma Cornelius
24 year old Norma Cornelius was last seen in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 25, 2008. She was last seen at a business on Bourbon Street. On September 25, 2008, Norma Cornelius was last seen at a business on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since.
New Orleans Police Seek Public Aid in Locating Suspect Dustin Michael Pierce for October...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking the public's help in locating a suspect in connection with a burglary that took place in October of last year. The man identified is Dustin Michael Pierce, a White male born on July 21, 1998, whose last known address is in Marrero, LA. According to the NOPD, a court order...
First Blood at Raceland Station
The officers and men of the 8th Vermont Infantry wondered if they’d ever face an armed enemy. For months after their 1862 assignment to Maj. Gen. Ben Butler’s army of occupation in New Orleans, they served on provost duty, running telegraph wire and repairing the New Orleans, Opelousas and Great Western Railroad...
Man wounded in overnight shooting near Music Street, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a shooting reported near the intersection of Music Street and North Johnson Street early Friday. According to initial information, an adult man was found with at least one gunshot wound to his body. EMS transported him to a local hospital for treatment....
