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A few weeks before gunfire rang out on Banks Street in an ongoing dispute over an abandoned house, printed messages appeared in mailboxes, asking neighbors to take action. "The man in charge of the property at 3217 Banks is Mr. Carlos Liriano," the leaflets read. "Please consider reaching out to him with a text or a ca

The New Orleans Police Department released new information in connection to the alleged kidnapping incident in Algiers.

A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2022 mass shooting in New Orleans that killed two and wounded four others.

They are the tall ships of the world that are floating into the Port of New Orleans.

The Junior League of New Orleans has announced it received a $200,000 donation from New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, which will help expand the impact of the Diaper Bank. The Diaper Bank is a cornerstone program that provides essential hygienic products to families across the Greater New...

NOPD makes arrests in Seventh Ward drive-by shooting

In my early teens, I still remember the excitement of walking down Magazine Street with my friends. We had just become independent enough to roam on our own, and the street felt like a passageway into young adulthood. Back then, nearly every store was independently owned, so whenever you stepped inside, you knew exactl

Police say four men were arrested in connection with an April drive-by shooting in the 7th Ward and a broader narcotics investigation. According to the New Orleans Police Department, detectives from multiple agencies executed four high-risk search warrants and five vehicle search warrants in the 1400 block of Annette S

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Former Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro told Fox 8 on Wednesday (May 27) he is retiring from Attorney General Liz Murrill’s office effective June 1 “with no regrets.”. Cannizzaro, 73, has headed the criminal prosecutions division of the AG’s office since April 2021....

A recent climate study arguing that New Orleans has reached a “point of no return” and should begin planning relocation makes one major mistake: It treats uncertainty as inevitability. No one denies the serious risks facing coastal Louisiana. Sea level rise, subsidence, hurricanes and wetland loss are real...