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A man was arrested Friday in connection with the killing of a New Orleans bartender, who was the son of a former law enforcement officer, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Marcus McDaniel, 20, is accused of shooting 25-year-old Nicholas Dent to death on May 2 near the intersection...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Five Louisiana students are competing in the 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The national spelling bee started in 1925 to promote literacy for students. The competition will feature 247 spellers from across the country. Five students from the Bayou State will be featured...

ALGIERS, La. (WGNO) — One day after a vehicle crashed into the Olive Branch Café, repair work was underway on Thursday, May 21. In the May 20 incident, the vehicle crashed through the building’s front wall. The driver of the vehicle and a couple of customers were taken to the hospital.

Community-driven dance music festival We Belong Here will bring a three-day experience to New Orleans’ Woldenburg Riverfront Park along the Mississippi River on November 13-15. We Belong Here is officially headed to New Orleans. The community-driven festival brand—known for its circular stage design, purple-neon aesthe

ELMWOOD, La (WVUE) - For nearly a decade, Elmwood shoppers have waited to see what would become of a vacant, grassy lot that once housed the area’s Kmart. The store’s closure and demolition left a massive hole in one of Jefferson Parish’s busiest corridors. “(I started to...

An Orleans Parish jury on Thursday night found Cache Shelton not guilty of second-degree murder in the December 2022 shooting death of her boyfriend, Nicolas Harrison, in a downtown New Orleans hotel room. The verdict was handed down about 9:30 p.m. Thursday, following four days of emotional and grueling testimony,...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police arrested four teenagers they say ordered rideshare services and then carjacked the drivers at gunpoint. Investigators linked the suspects to three carjackings in the Upper 9th Ward. Police said the crimes are connected, and all involved rideshares were called to the streets in th

A Kenner man was sentenced to 160 months, or over 13 years, in prison for various narcotics charges.

MARRERO, La. — A fifth suspect is now facing charges in the death of Eddie Tillman Jr., whose remains were found in the backyard of a Marrero home nearly three years after he disappeared. According to our partners at The Times-Picayune | New Orleans Advocate, Terrence Johnson was arrested...

The video shows a wild brawl that broke out at a kindergarten graduation ceremony that reportedly started over a seating argument.