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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Residents in the 3200 block of Dumaine Street are mourning the death of their neighbor, whom they identified as Eliot Brown. On Sunday, a small memorial formed as people placed flowers on his porch. “Eliot was amazing. He was a genius, a true Renaissance man. He...

In New Orleans, marijuana dispensaries — like the one opening soon in our community — can be granted a permit without any neighborhood notice. And in Louisiana, unlike other neighboring states, dispensaries can open up next to a library or a school or a daycare. NOLA Cannabis Co....

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Metropolitan Crime Commission says last week was the deadliest in the city since the Jan. 1 terror attack on Bourbon Street. According to the MCC, eight homicides were investigated last week, five since Friday evening. The first homicide Friday happened at Kermit’s Treme Mother-in-Law Lounge...

NEW ORLEANS - The City of New Orleans is challenging the legality of Louisiana’s school zone traffic camera laws, which the state Attorney General last month accused the city of violating. The city filed a lawsuit in the 19th Judicial District Court in East Baton Rouge Parish this month...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A former NOPD officer convicted of civil rights violations that led to a New Orleans man’s death 20 years ago has been released early from federal prison. The former officer -- Melvin Williams -- has a connection to another former inmate, a reality TV star...

The Rev. Tyrone Smith introduced Helena Moreno with raised arms and a sparkle in his eye. As a member of the clergy, Smith, who leads the New Generation of Original Morning Star First Baptist Church, is barred from endorsing politicians. Yet he made clear his enthusiasm for Moreno, New Orleans’ leading mayoral...

The individuals are accused of falsely claiming they were residents in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades and received disaster assistance from FEMA that was intended for wildfire victims.

Goodman originally put his longtime New Orleans home on the market in February—with an asking price of $5.5 million.

The Regional Transit Authority's board has agreed to pay the agency's former chief of staff $525,000 to avert a potential lawsuit, after she resigned last year claiming she was the victim of a hostile work environment. Katherine Bush Felton, who was hired in 2019 and worked under two different CEOs,...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A rare weather phenomenon in the Atlantic is keeping two tropical systems from threatening the United States. Hurricane Humberto, a powerful Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph, is weakening while nearby Tropical Storm Imelda strengthens near the Bahamas. Normally, Imelda’s position...