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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Our highest rain chance of the week is coming up over the next 24 to 36 hours as a weak front crosses the area. Expect storms to increase in coverage by this afternoon as daytime heating kicks in and radar turns more active. There will be a chance for a few stronger storms with heavy rains,...

According to pollster Ron Faucheux, the candidates running behind Helena Moreno need their supporters to show up at the polls if they want any chance of forcing a runoff.

A family living out of their car, looking to escape the heat without burning through their gasoline. A man who served 25 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola and had to rebuild his life from the ground up. Residents who lost their homes and belongings in an apartment...

NEW ORLEANS - A Red Cross volunteer from New Orleans died while supporting communities impacted by recent wildfires and floods in New Mexico, the organization said. Christopher Coleman, born and raised in New Orleans, served in the United States Air Force before becoming a volunteer for the Red Cross in 2016. He...

NEW ORLEANS — A stretch of Interstate 10 in St. Tammany Parish has been renamed to honor Sgt. Grant Candies, a sheriff's deputy who was killed earlier this year while attempting to stop a fleeing vehicle during a pursuit. The newly designated Sgt. Grant Candies Memorial Highway includes both...

HARAHAN, La. (WVUE) - A Jefferson Parish Schools employee assigned to Harahan Elementary was arrested, according to a district spokesperson. Few details about the arrest have been made public, but the district confirmed the employee, identified as Teran James, has been placed on administrative leave pending the...

A Dollar General in New Orleans' 7th Ward neighborhood has closed. On Thursday, the store at 2001 St. Bernard Ave. was locked and a notice of the location's closure was taped to the front of the discount store. "We have a longstanding history in New Orleans, having opened our first...

NEW ORLEANS — Tuesday’s killing of a 73-year-old man in a hotel room at Homewood Suites on N. Rampart Street left New Orleans police trying to track down a suspect. “Investigators are looking for evidence and looking for the leads,” said NOPD Communications Director Reese Harper. Evidence...

Outside the meeting, dozens of Ninth Ward residents chanted against the planned Facility at the Alabo Street Wharf.

Leaders of a New Orleans crime watchdog would like the candidates for mayor to be more open about the use of technology that can spot wanted criminals and notify the cops.