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Step inside America's most haunted taverns and uncover eerie histories, paranormal encounters, and the spirits said to still linger within their walls.

Deputies with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office are investigating a deadly vehicle crash that occurred on April 10, Sheriff Joseph Lopinto announced Saturday.

Steven Blackmon’s fingers danced across the organ keys as he joyfully played a snippet of Charles-Marie Widor’s “Toccata,” whose powerful but melodic notes floated through St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church in New Orleans on an otherwise quiet Wednesday afternoon. The piece, composed in the late 19th...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The attorney general believes investigators have uncovered all the crimes a New Orleans teacher allegedly committed. Authorities arrested former Isidore Newman teacher Benoit Cransac multiple times since January as they uncovered more evidence. Cransac is accused of possessing child sex abuse material, video voyeurism and creating...

Five public officials in Evangeline Parish were arrested this week, including the mayor of Ville Platte. They were booked after a Louisiana State Police investigation found they accessed government computer databases and shared protected information with a criminal defendant. Joe Cunningham, host of the Joe Cunningham show and Acadiana’s Morning...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Governor Jeff Landry says he supports legislation to eliminate a judicial office in New Orleans as part of streamlining the city’s court system. But that office is about to be occupied by a man who spent years in prison but was exonerated. There are several...

ORLEANS PARISH, La. — This weekend, Super Sunday is coming to the Westbank, featuring culture bearers, entertainment, and dozens of vendors. What's called the "Westbank West Fest Super Sunday Family Day in the Park" runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. It kicks off with a parade, featuring the Algiers MoHawk Hunters Indians and Westbank Steppers. The two groups step off near the intersection of...

MARRERO, La. — A Westbank woman who was shot after video shows her pointing a weapon at a Jefferson Parish sheriff's deputy last May has been sentenced. 63-year-old Paige Robin pleaded guilty to aggravated assault on a peace officer charges on Wednesday, court records show. She was sentenced to five years in prison with hard labor, but she will only have to serve...

A New Orleans judge has sentenced a second defendant to 40 years behind bars for the execution-style killing of a Slidell waitress. Cody Matthews, 38, must serve at least 30 years of his prison term under the ruling Thursday from Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Robin Pittman. His sentence came a few weeks after Pittman levied a 40-year sentence on Dylan Craddock...

METAIRIE, La. (WVUE) - A water main break in Jefferson Parish flooded a Metairie residential street. A Jefferson Parish spokesperson tells us that it’s unclear what caused the leak on the 1600 block of Madison Street. Crews drained the water at about 10:30 p.m. Friday night. The treatment plant...