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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Television writer-producer Eric Overmyer, a co-creator of HBO’s post-Katrina New Orleans drama “Treme,” has died at age 74 after an illness, according to an entertainment industry news site. Overmyer died Monday (March 16), according to a report in Deadline.com. The report did not...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A defense attorney asked for a mistrial Wednesday in the alleged staged car wreck scheme case. A lawyer for alleged conspirator Diamanike Stalbert said the FBI did not hand over a written statement and that she did not get to fairly question a witness on the stand on Wednesday (March 18).

The 43rd annual French Quarter Festival will take place this Thursday, April 16 through Sunday, April 19, 2026. The 4-day festival in New Orleans is the largest free festival in Louisiana and brings in thousands of visitors from all over the country every year.

The New Orleans airport saw one of the highest callout rates for Transportation Security Administration agents in the country this week as officers enter their second month without pay amid a partial government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that 35.8% of TSA workers at Louis...

Walk into Tacos Del Cartel in the CBD, and a wall of sound awaits: a gaggle of bachelorettes here, a group of bros meeting up after work there. Add in some obvious date nights, and this elaborately festooned Mexican restaurant is proudly loud and celebratory. That makes the backdoor portal...

Wolfing a Lucky Dog on the corner of Bourbon and Toulouse streets. Stumbling up to the darkened bar in Laffite’s Blacksmith Shop in search of one last frozen drink. Sipping a hurricane in the Pat O’Brien’s courtyard between drags of a Capri Slim bummed off a group of tourists.

Mayor Helena Moreno has signed a new executive order into effect that will better manage all properties owned by the city. Executive Order HM 26-15 creates the City-Owned Real Estate Team (CORET), an internal government group meant to work quickly and efficiently. Instead of different departments handling things...

The New Orleans Fire Department is investigating a two-alarm fire in New Orleans East Wednesday. The fire started in the 400 block of Charlene Drive. According to NOFD around 1:03 p.m. the back of the home was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. Two people were inside the home at...

Two men were injured in separate Wednesday night shootings in the Gert Town and Dillard neighborhoods, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Both shootings are under investigation and police did not provide further information on the cause or the conditions of the victims. Just after 11 p.m., police...

New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board officials on Tuesday received an earful from City Council members as city leaders begin grappling with how to pay for costly fixes to decrepit water pipes. As they have repeatedly in recent weeks, council members assailed water board officials for a perceived lack of...