Search continues for escaped border patrol detainee in St. Tammany Parish
The search for 31-year-old Elvin Martinez, who escaped Border Patrol custody, stretched into early Tuesday morning, Aug. 4.
Letters: Been there, stayed here, got the T-shirts
After reading the recent column by accomplished journalist Stephanie Grace, “Landry knows darn well that New Orleans is special,” and the opinion piece by Mitch Landrieu, “New Orleans isn’t a La. liability; it’s an asset,” I decided to write this letter. I am a...
New Orleans to offer discount parking to musicians performing on Frenchmen St.
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Starting in September, Frenchmen Street venues will be giving discount codes to performing musicians to park in nearby lots. A quick stroll down Frenchmen Street will show there are more traffic signs saying where you can’t park compared to places where you can park. But...
Police standoff in Seabrook neighborhood ends with suspect’s surrender, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An armed suspect in an alleged domestic violence incident barricaded himself inside a home in the Seabrook neighborhood of New Orleans East, but surrendered to police after a four-hour standoff early Wednesday (Aug. 5), authorities said. The adult male suspect, whose identity has not been disclosed
NOPD: New Orleans East SWAT Roll ends peacefully
The New Orleans Police Department was on the scene of a SWAT Roll in a New Orleans East neighborhood.
New Orleans skatepark cleaned up following fire
A skatepark beneath the Interstate 610 overpass was revamped in a neighborhood cleanup.
New Louisiana law bans debit card surcharges
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A new state law prohibits businesses in Louisiana from charging customers debit card fees with one local restaurant owner saying his business will now have to absorb those costs. Act 751, which went into effect Aug. 1, still allows businesses to charge fees for credit card...
New Orleans police searching for man accused of shooting woman during domestic dispute
New Orleans police have issued a warrant for a man in connection with a shooting that happened Monday night in Algiers. Police say around 11 p.m., they responded to calls of shots fired at Indiana St. and Behrman Highway, but were not able to find a shooting victim. On Tuesday,...
NOPD asking Night Out Against Crime groups to register
The New Orleans Night Out Against Crime is Tuesday, Oct. 6 and the New Orleans Police Department is asking you to register your neighborhood gathering.
Longest serving exonerated American now going blind, his dream to see the world
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - “Most of my life was taken away from me for something I didn’t do,” said Wilbert Jones. Jones spent more than 45 years at the Louisiana State Penitentiary for a crime he did not commit. Now free, he has one wish before he loses his sight entirely: to travel and see the places he could only ima
