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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Preservation Brass Band’s album “For Fatman” earned a 2026 Grammy nomination for Best Regional Roots Music Album. The album is named in memory of late Grammy-award-winning drummer Kerry “Fatman” Hunter, who died in a crash on Mardi Gras Day in 2024. His legacy lives on in the Preservation Brass...

An Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy has been fired and arrested following a use-of-force investigation. The sheriff’s office say Deputy Clarence Clark committed battery on an inmate in an incident on December 19 of last year.

With the city of New Orleans short on cash, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration in December hired a contractor for $5,400 to remove and later reinstall Mayor Helena Moreno’s inauguration banners at Gallier Hall. At Cantrell’s direction, city officials sought out a quote from Uptown Graphics to remove the...

A Jefferson Parish grand jury handed up an indictment charging an Avondale with the murder of her boyfriend at the Kenner Airbnb they had booked for her birthday. Akailah Hicks, 19, pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and obstruction of justice in the death of 21-year-old Keenan Dyas, Jefferson Parish...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. New Orleans, Louisiana – A warmer and more springlike pattern is expected to settle across southern Louisiana late next week, bringing above-normal temperatures and mild conditions across the region....

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - One person died, and three others were injured in a targeted shooting Friday evening at Dooky Chase Restaurant in the 2300 block of Orleans Avenue, New Orleans police said. Police were called to the scene at about 8:01 p.m. and are investigating the incident as a...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A defense attorney accused of defrauding her client’s family out of more than $250,000 has returned $264,000, according to her lawyer. Attorney Kerry Cuccia represents Tanzanika Ruffin, who faces allegations that she defrauded her client’s family. After the allegations surfaced, Cuccia said...

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Major Crimes Division is investigating a domestic incident that took place on the morning of Friday, Jan. 16.

Our partners at WWL-TV, citing a memo sent to city workers, reports that those furloughs and pay cuts will begin on February 15 will continue through the end of 2026 unless the city’s finances improve sooner.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Office of Inspector General says in a new letter the NOPD was not reporting millions of dollars in overtime to city officials last year. The report mirrors details uncovered in FOX 8’s unchecked overtime investigation. The OIG’s report shows some supervisors were not verifying...