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The man killed by a police officer after he allegedly shot two people outside of Tulane University’s medical school in the Central Business District was Lafimmas Haynes, according to social media posts from his family and a source familiar with the matter. New Orleans police said Haynes, 38, shot...

GRETNA, La. — The discovery of a dead newborn inside a portable toilet along Westbank Expressway is drawing renewed attention to Louisiana’s Safe Haven law, which allows parents to legally surrender infants without facing criminal charges. Authorities say Lakesha Lamelle is expected to be booked on a charge...

NEW ORLEANS — A 16-year-old will spend up to four years in a juvenile jail for two unprovoked beatings of tourists in the French Quarter in 2024, according to one of the victims. The teen was one of a group of teens involved in the targeted attacks on “old white men” in the city’s tourist hot spot.

A use-of-force investigation is underway after an inmate at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center died following a struggle with deputies, according to Sheriff Joe Lopinto. The inmate was pronounced dead around 5:40 p.m. Friday, Lopinto said. The inmate was arrested on March 20 for traffic violations and...

Another piece of the old B.W. Cooper footprint is officially getting a second act. Providence Community Housing is breaking ground April 8 on a 103-unit affordable senior community at 3401 Erato Street, turning the former public-housing site into one-bedroom apartments for residents 62 and older. All units are aimed...

More than a month after a 9th Ward man admitted to killing a woman whose dismembered body was found on his property, Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams on Wednesday defended the plea deal that netted Benjamin Beale a 30-year prison sentence. Criminal District Judge Benedict Willard imposed the sentence...

National Weather Service forecasters were monitoring fog conditions on Thursday morning after a large marsh fire was spotted by Lake Pontchartrain in St. Charles Parish on Wednesday night. The fire was visible along the Bonnet Carré Spillway on Wednesday, with large flames producing plumes of smoke drifting into the...

Benjamin Beale A New Orleans man will spend the next three decades behind bars after...

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that happened around 2:45 p.m. on March 26 in the 1400 block of Tulane Avenue. Officers found three people with gunshot wounds. One man, identified as the perpetrator, later died, and two others remain in critical condition.

At its March 26, 2026 meeting, the New Orleans City Council passed several measures that affect city operations and residents:. Criminal justice oversight: Ordinance No. 35,127 now requires criminal justice agencies to use the City’s BRASS system to track spending. Agencies must provide quarterly updates, with the...