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Ahead of New Year's Eve and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, law enforcement in New Orleans is reassuring the public that everyone will be safe.

Ripple, a white shark tagged by OCEARCH in September, has migrated south for winter, and was recently pinged right off the shores of New Orleans.

A man driving a dirt bike died after colliding with a vehicle in the Plum Orchard area Saturday night, the New Orleans Police Department said. The incident occurred at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Dodt Avenue, NOPD said. The dirt bike, heading west on the highway, collided with...

U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino, a leader of major immigration enforcement efforts around the United States, has been spotted back in the New Orleans metropolitan area on Friday (Dec. 19), according to multiple sources who saw him, accompanied by fellow immigration enforcement agents. This week, it was...

The New Orleans Police Department confirmed two senior police officers were terminated Thursday following disciplinary hearings. Christopher Jennings, a 16-year NOPD veteran, and Reginald Koeller, a 21-year NOPD veteran, were both dismissed. "The department takes allegations of misconduct seriously and addresses them...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WAFB) - A federal judge denied pretrial release for the suspect who reportedly planned a terror attack in New Orleans targeting federal law enforcement. Federal Magistrate Judge Carole Whitehurst in Louisiana’s Western District on Thursday ordered that New Iberia native Micah Legnon, 29, must stay...

A suspect accused of shooting a package deliveryman and then killing a motorist within hours in the Fairgrounds area was ordered held on a $2.1 million bond in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court on Friday. Lance Daniel Dodd, 38, was booked into the Orleans Justice Center Tuesday evening on second-degree...

Nearly a year after the deadly terrorist attack on Bourbon Street, New Orleans police are now activating new technology designed to alert officers when a vehicle enters Bourbon Street during pedestrian only hours a move that comes after WDSU began asking why the system was not already in use. For...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish Reserve Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Reno Ward has died after more than 20 years of service with the sheriff’s office, Sheriff Susan Hutson announced. Ward served in the Special Operations and Motorcycle divisions during his tenure with the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. He...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Orleans Parish School Board delayed a decision Thursday night on whether to close the Leah Chase School Uptown, as parents and teachers showed up in large numbers to fight to keep the school open. Emotions ran high at the meeting as families and teachers advocated...