Eisenhower called this New Orleans boat builder “the man who won the war for...
Wikimedia Commons/Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent. Andrew Higgins’ Swamp Boats That Won World War II. Andrew Higgins built boats for Louisiana swamps in the 1930s that could glide through just 18 inches of water. When the Marine Corps got fed up with Navy designs in 1938, his Eureka boat beat all...
Another cold front arrives Sunday night
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After a dreary and soggy Saturday, we’re finally drying out as we head into the evening. But a cold front late Sunday will bring a quick round of rain. We’ll warm to the upper 60s on Sunday under mostly cloudy skies. A cold front...
More rain before cold front moves through, bringing dry but chilly conditions
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Sunday is the last day with rain around before a cold front moves through. There is a lingering shield of rain in the southeastern parts of our area this morning. This will slowly move east and should be clear by the afternoon. Spotty showers are possible...
Man detained by federal agents near I-10 ramp blocks from Kenner protest, videos show
As roughly 100 people gathered in Kenner to peacefully protest immigration enforcement sweeps on Sunday afternoon, agents with the Department of Homeland Security detained a man just blocks away. Video taken Sunday shows Customs and Border Protection agents handcuffing a man while he's lying facedown on the pavement...
Louisiana groups helping Jamaicans rebuild after Hurricane Melissa
NEW ORLEANS — It’s a long road to recovery for Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 5 storm in October, but organizations and businesses in Louisiana are stepping in to help. Josh Gill, Incident Commander for the United Cajun Navy, landed in Jamaica on Sunday...
Kenner Police and I.C.E. Agents Arrest Fugitive Melkin Alvarado on Multiple Charges, Including Robbery...
Last Thursday, at approximately 10:49 PM, a joint operation involving Kenner Police and I.C.E. agents culminated in the arrest of a 32-year-old man, Melkin Alvarado, wanted on several charges. The proactive patrol in the 700 block of Malinda Court led to an investigatory stop of Alvarado's vehicle, where he was taken...
JPSO refutes claim about pedestrian being struck, killed by ‘immigration enforcement vehicle’
The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office was informed about multiple social media posts online that alleged that an "immigration enforcement vehicle" struck and killed a pedestrian in Metairie on the night of Friday, Dec. 5.
Q&A: New Orleans trumpeter Kermit Ruffins on playing reefer songs
New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Kermit Ruffins put it succinctly during a 2011 interview with cannabis magazine High Times: “I need two things to have a perfect show: reefer and people.”. Ruffins’ affection for reefer — his preferred term for cannabis — is well known among locals who might...
Faimon Roberts: These Buddhists understand Christmas better than many
As masked, armed men clad in tactical gear swept through the New Orleans area Wednesday conducting immigration “enforcement,” a smaller group of men in central Louisiana were engaged in a far nobler pursuit. Those men, 19 Buddhist monks, are in the midst of a 2,300-mile trek that began...
New Orleans Attorney Seeks Court Order to Force Mayor LaToya Cantrell to Disclose Personal...
A New Orleans attorney has asked an Orleans Parish civil judge to compel Mayor LaToya Cantrell to disclose detailed information about her personal finances in open court as part of an ongoing legal dispute tied to a failed restraining order case. In a motion filed Dec. 2, attorney Justin Schmidt,...
