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The Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office formally charged a suspected smuggler accused of taking a man’s 16-year-old daughter in exchange for a $10,000 debt owed by the father, according to Kenner police. Juven Paz, 34, of Raleigh, N.C., was charged Thursday with trafficking of children for sexual purposes,...

A group of boaters are safe after a boat fire in Kenner on Thursday, July 30.

New Orleans drivers will not need brake tags for the remainder of this year, following a state law ending vehicle safety check requirements in most Louisiana parishes. Effective immediately, New Orleans police officers have been directed “to cease the issuance of citations for a motorist's failure to display or produce

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Hundreds of new laws emerged from the Louisiana legislative session that ended in June, and many of them take effect Aug. 1. Act 892 prohibits the use of artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse material. The new law says that includes undeveloped film, videotape or...

The grand jury who indicted State Attorney General Liz Murrill may need legal help to protect themselves, and a group of defense attorneys is offering that help.

St. Elmo's is the latest concept from the man behind The Husky and Pigeon & Whale

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Friday turned into another hot one, but not particularly all across southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi. There’s a Heat Advisory in effect until 7 p.m. for the I-10/I-12 corridor areas, South Shore, southern Tangipahoa and St. Tammany parishes along with part of Hancock county.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Benjamin Franklin High School will take over a former gymnasium at LSU New Orleans’ Human Performance Center beginning with the 2027-28 school year, school officials said. The school signed a 30-year lease with LSU New Orleans for the building at $360,000 a year. The space...

GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish judge has set a November jury trial to determine whether Port Orleans Brewing can open a brewpub on Huey P. Long Avenue in Gretna, though the judge expressed hope the parties reach a settlement first. Construction of the brewpub is nearly complete, and...

‘Round midnight on a recent Wednesday, Charisse Gibson rekindled her cigar and inhaled, breathing it all in. The scene at Dos Jefes Uptown Cigar Bar. The sound of Latin jazz guitarist Javier Gutierrez. During Gibson’s seven years as a high-profile, award-wining anchor of WWL Louisiana’s nighttime newscasts, this well-w