New Orleans LA

Early this year, as heartache and controversy trailed the bloody New Year's attack on Bourbon Street, New Orleans experienced a remarkable lull in the more familiar kinds of carnage, mostly by guns, that have plagued the city for decades. In February, two people were killed in the city, the fewest...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It’s a copy and paste forecast right on through the upcoming weekend. Highs get to the lower 90s and then the storms pop around lunch into the afternoon. That’s the story in weather and it remains that way for the foreseeable future. Rain coverage each day will be around 40%.

A flash flood warning was issued for a portion of Southeast Louisiana that included New Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes Saturday afternoon. The warning lasts until 6:15 p.m. The area could experience flash flooding of "small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Downtown New Orleans streets were awash in a sea of white and red early Saturday (July 12), for the 19th San Fermin in Nueva Orleans fundraising event. Dozens of roller derby “bulls,” adorned with decorative horns and wielding plastic bats, skated through the streets looking to strike slow-moving...

As of an 11:33 report from the Louisiana State Police, Sobrino has been found safe and the Silver Alert has been cancelled. Any questions about the alert should be directed to the Kenner Police Department.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Heading into the weekend with some pretty standard summer weather around. Look for showers to develop down along the coast and make their way north through the afternoon. A few spots could get a quick inch or two of rain. Also be on the lookout for lightning. Temperatures will be close to average...

SLIDELL, La. (WVUE) - A 64-year-old Mississippi man was killed Saturday morning (July 12) in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 59 near the I-12 interchange in St. Tammany Parish, according to Louisiana State Police. Troopers said the crash occurred around 10 a.m. when Barry D. Stockstill of Picayune, Mississippi,...

WHERE TO WATCH ICYMI – Watch last week’s episode. Counterfeit Cars: Thieves are repackaging stolen cars by installing realistic Vehicle Identification Numbers, then using the fake VINs to get real titles. That’s how a single mom ended up buying a stolen car from a big dealership -- before the police showed up at her...

As the City of New Orleans looks to the future, the choice of its next mayor will shape not only the city’s policies but bring back its spirit and promise for the generations to come. Countless generations of my family lived in all areas of the city. At this...

A mother’s desperate search for her missing daughter ended in heartbreak when she learned the unthinkable: her daughter’s body had been at the New Orleans coroner’s office the entire time. Danielle Leviege had been missing for weeks. Her mother, Yolanda McPherson, shared her emotional journey in a...