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ST. GEORGE — A fire that overtook a home off Jefferson Highway earlier this month was likely caused by improper handling of burning materials that had not yet fully cooled, St. George Fire officials said. The March 13 fire along Beckfield Avenue resulted in four people being displaced, but...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Tickets for this year’s St. Jude Dream Home go on sale Wednesday, March 25, for a chance to win a three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home under construction on Orion Avenue in Metairie. The home is valued at an estimated $700,000, but tickets cost $100 and can be...

A New Orleans man is headed to prison for three decades after admitting he killed a father of two during a 2023 robbery that prosecutors say was all about a wallet. Investigators say he left behind one crucial clue at the scene: an iPhone that led police straight to him.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Two people were arrested, and one is at large in connection with an alleged drug trafficking operation in Orleans and Jefferson parishes. According to the New Orleans Police Department, investigators identified multiple people involved in the cultivation and distribution of marijuana across...

Affectionately once called a ‘crazy Creole chick,’ Janee Michelle — also known as Gee Tucker — has lived a life that moved from New Orleans to Hollywood and back again. And she wore many hats along the way. An actress, model and entrepreneur, Michelle was the...

A man accused of killing and dismembering a Slidell woman has been sentenced for manslaughter.

Check Point Charlie, the 24-hour New Orleans dive bar, music venue and laundromat that raised a mighty racket at the corner of Esplanade Avenue and Decatur Street for decades, is no more. The venue abruptly closed this week after owner Darren Brooks sold the building. He was on-site Tuesday afternoon...

The New Orleans man accused of dismembering a woman in the 9th Ward in 2022 has been sentenced. Benjamin Beale was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Feb. 4, 2026, after his original trial was delayed. The trial was expected to start in August 2025. Benjamin Beale was arrested...

New Orleans police declared a SWAT roll in St. Roch after a man wanted for multiple shootings barricaded himself in a house Tuesday afternoon. The New Orleans Police Department did not release the name of the man, who is wanted for two shootings and an aggravated assault with a firearm. He surrendered without...

Commander’s Palace has been open in the Garden District for more than a century, with its iconic blue exterior, 25-cent martini lunch and Creole-forward menu cementing it as a New Orleans institution. Now the restaurant is getting new, national recognition. Southern Living named Commander’s Palace as one of the...