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About 70% of households that participated in the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans' free water testing program had lead in their water, according to a new report from Verite News. Why it matters: It will likely take years before the remainder of the city's tens of thousands of...

A woman was carjacked at gunpoint late Friday night near the Fair Grounds area in New Orleans after two masked suspects approached her vehicle while she was parked, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Incident Overview. DetailInformation. Location2700 block of D’Abadie Street. AreaFair Grounds...

State police issued a Silver Alert late Sunday for 63-year-old Albert James Lee, who was reported missing from Kenner. Lee was last seen around 12:30 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of West Esplanade Avenue and Loyola Drive. He is 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighs about 289 pounds, and was wearing a gray sweatshirt, red...

Early Monday, two large trees crashed across St. Charles Avenue between Hillary Street and Cherokee Street, snarling the downtown-bound morning commute and taking out part of the neutral ground where the streetcar tracks run. City and emergency crews shut down the stretch to traffic as workers moved in with chainsaws...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police are searching for two armed suspects who robbed a man in the Uptown area on Sunday. The robbery happened in the 1900 block of Robert Street around 4:55 p.m. The victim was walking north when he saw a blue vehicle, possibly a CRV,...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Slidell, Louisiana – Strong northwest winds will sweep across southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast early Monday, followed by a sharp overnight temperature drop that could bring a rare freeze...

Kenner police say a wanted suspect is behind bars. Officers arrested Amado Cruz-Lopez following a police chase in the Chateau Estates area. “I hear the police coming down the street, I look, and I see about five police cars chasing the pickup truck,” Lloyd Desilva said. Desilva described scary...

NEW ORLEANS — More than 2,000 Entergy customers were left in the dark Sunday night after a mylar balloon struck a power line in New Orleans East, the utility said. The outage was reported around 6:30 p.m. and lasted about an hour, affecting residents and businesses in the Plum Orchard and Read Boulevard West...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans teen was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for killing a man near Bourbon Street in 2022. As our partners at The Times-Picayune report, Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Nandi Campbell sentenced Maurice Brant Jr., 19, on Friday. Brant was 16 when he shot and...

Police in Kenner, Louisiana responded to an active situation Friday following a vehicle pursuit involving a wanted suspect. Authorities said the incident ended at the intersection of Chateau Boulevard and Vintage Drive after multiple vehicles were struck during the chase. Suspect taken into custody after pursuit....