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KENNER, La. (WVUE) - A traffic accident causing a “major” gas leak prompted a brief evacuation Saturday (July 11) along Minden Avenue, Kenner Police said. The 1000 block of Minden Avenue was closed around 8:30 a.m. after a vehicle struck a natural gas meter, causing the gas leak, police said.

Margaret Haughery was born in Carrigallen in 1813 and emigrated to the US with her parents when she was five

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police say catalytic converter thefts have increased sharply this year, with thieves targeting Honda and Toyota vehicles across the city. Ethan Rodriguez, a Mid-City resident, said he heard a scraping noise outside his home and ran out to investigate. “There was a car pulled...

New Orleans is the only city on the World Monuments Fund's Irreplaceable America list, recognized for its entire living cultural landscape rather than a single landmark. New Orleans has been named the only city on the World Monuments Fund's new Irreplaceable America list. It's a designation recognizing places that help

Dezmon Clinton, a 20-year-old man wanted on human trafficking charges, was arrested Friday afternoon after a SWAT roll lasting more than three hours at the Sleep Inn & Suites in Metairie. The operation involved the New Orleans Police Special Victims Unit, U.S. Marshals, FBI, and Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT..

While attending private school does not automatically mean receiving a better education, there are differences when it comes to public school versus private education. At private schools, students typically experience smaller class sizes, individualized attention, specialized programs and curriculums designed for colle

Former Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson entered her plea Friday morning, July 10, for charges related to the 2025 jail escape.

Embattled New Orleans landlord Josh Bruno has sued to halt the long-awaited demolition of DeGaulle Manor, claiming that the city's work to tear down the crumbling complex violates his property rights. In a filing this week, an attorney for Bruno’s company, Granaio LLC, alleged that the late June lawsuit in...

A shooting in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood Friday morning became a homicide by noon.

Most plant shops make you in and out in twenty minutes. A garden center in Metairie operates on a different timeline entirely, spreading across enough acreage that the map at the entrance is not decorative, it is necessary. Themed sections pull you from tropical greenhouses into outdoor sculpture gardens, then...