NOPD: Woman’s death in St. Roch ruled a homicide
New Orleans police are investigating a homicide in St. Roch. It happened around 11:20 a.m. Saturday on Franklin Avenue near North Johnson Street.
New Orleans area will be hot, humid, with increased rain chance this weekend
New Orleans area will be hot, humid, with increased rain chance this weekend
Sewerage and Water Board confirms temporary pump issues at Lakeview, Hollygrove stations
Many areas in the New Orleans metro flooded after heavy rain moved through the area on Saturday evening. New Orleans Mayor Helena says that Pump Station 7, which services Lakeview and parts of City Park, experienced issues causing major flooding, including at the Canal Underpass. Pritchard Pump Station in Hollygrove...
Street, underpass closures in effect due to heavy flooding
Due to some areas experiencing flooding, all eastbound and westbound lanes of Carrollton Avenue at the I-10 overpass are closed to traffic, the New Orleans Police Department announced Saturday.
Quiet Mid-City Block Rattled as Woman Found Slain on Banks Street
A normally low-key stretch of Banks Street in Mid-City turned into an active crime scene Friday after emergency responders found a woman with blunt-force trauma to the head on the 4000 block. New Orleans EMS pronounced her dead at the scene as detectives cordoned off the area and worked into the evening while stunned n
Flooding closes Carrollton Avenue at I-10 overpass as storms swamp New Orleans. See closure...
All eastbound and westbound lanes of Carrollton Avenue at the Interstate 10 overpass are closed to traffic due to ongoing street flooding, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Motorists are urged to avoid the area until floodwaters recede, director of communications Officer Reese Harper said. The closure com
Flash flood warning hits 19 New Orleans communities
Residents across the New Orleans metro area spent part of Saturday under a flash flood warning after heavy rain and strong thunderstorms swept through southeastern Louisiana, bringing rapidly rising water, road closures and hazardous travel conditions. The National Weather Service issued the warning through 4:15 p.m.,
Ex-sheriff Hutson enters plea in New Orleans courtroom
Former Sheriff Susan Hutson entered a not guilty plea in a New Orleans courtroom today.
Summer storms continue this weekend but it won’t be a washout
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A typical July weather pattern will remain in place across southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi through the end of the workweek and into the weekend. Expect hot and humid afternoons with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms developing each day, especially during the late morning t
Rotten Pilings Shut Down Crowder Bridge in New Orleans East
Drivers in New Orleans East are facing a new traffic mess after the city shut down the southbound span of the Crowder Boulevard bridge at Morrison Road on Friday for emergency repairs, following the discovery of rot in its support pilings. Officials pulled the lane out of service to protect people using both the road a
