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NOLA.com - 12/03/2025 07:40:00 PM. The recent news about Mayor-elect Helena Moreno and her push for Border Patrol and ICE agents to remove face masks during immigration raids in New Orleans has sparked a heated debate among the public. Moreno expressed concern over the conduct of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick is responding to Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill’s suggestion that NOPD cooperate with federal immigration authorities.

Since its launch in August, Amtrak’s restored Gulf Coast line has carried passengers through marshlands and mossy woods more than 46,000 times — a turnout that the Southern Rail Commission called “one of the most successful service launches in Amtrak's history.”. Between opening day and December, the...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened Saturday afternoon (Dec. 6), leaving one man dead and another injured. Officers responded to reports of gunfire just before 4:15 p.m. in the 4700 block of Camelia Street. When they arrived, they found two men with gunshot wounds.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - As of Dec. 4, data from the New Orleans City Council crime dashboard showed there were 105 murders in the city. That figure represents a 6% drop compared to the same time last year, but when compared to 2022, when the city had 243 homicides, the murder rate has dropped more than 56%. Jeff Asher...

Hannah Chalew salvaged an old oil well from the Poland Avenue scrap yard in New Orleans. She coated it with bagasse, or sugar cane pulp, from Grow Dat, the urban farm in City Park. The paint is recycled, from another nonprofit, the Green Project, and the plants — palmettos, cypress, elephant ear — are largely from...

Efforts to maintain community safety in Kenner recently culminated in the capture of a wanted individual, highlighting the benefits of governmental partnership. In a social media update from the Kenner Police Department, authorities expressed appreciation to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for their role in...

Then, at around 10:48 last night in the 1800 block of old roman street, officers responded to a call of shots fired and found a victim inside a home suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim later died at the hospital.

New Orleans City Council members are urging the school district to preserve the names of longtime New Orleans schools that close or consolidate, an issue that is likely to become more pressing in the coming years as more schools shutter due to low enrollment. City Council members unanimously passed a...

COVINGTON --- District Attorney Collin Sims reports that on December 3, 2025, a St. Tammany Parish jury unanimously found Antoine Massey guilty of Second Degree Rape, Second Degree Kidnapping, Domestic Abuse of a Dating Partner by Strangulation, and Second Offense Violation of a Protective Order. The first three...