New Breeze Airways flight destinations from New Orleans, authorities cite a man for illegally killing an alligator, 58 Louisiana congregations say goodbye to United Methodists and more. Here's a look at today's top stories in New Orleans for Tuesd…
Neel Verma pointed an extinguisher at a torrent of flames dancing beneath the Crescent City Connection and pulled a lever, releasing a cloud of carbon dioxide over a simulated electrical fire.
Deputies in Tangipahoa Parish arrested a school bus driver in the Hammond area on counts of possessing child pornography and inappropriate involvement with a high school student, the local sheriff's office said.
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A top deputy at the state Department of Children and Family Services has announced her retirement, a week after the agency's leader announced her own departure amid a public firestorm after multiple children died on the agency's watch.
An additional 3,000 Narcan nasal spray kits will be provided to St. Tammany Parish residents at no cost, officials said Tuesday.
More than $1 billion in federal money will soon flow to Louisiana for long-term rebuilding from Hurricane Ida, the Category 4 storm that devastated the state’s southeast last year, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday.
For 58 congregations in Louisiana, the new year will mean an end to being part of the United Methodist Church, the second largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.
As the Pope John Paul II High School volleyball team prepared for a game in the state tournament in Lafayette last weekend, Coach Danny Tullis tearfully noted that his team had dedicated its season to the sister of one its players, a young woman w…
WASHINGTON — The Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday elected Louisiana’s Steve Scalise to its second-highest leadership position.
Budget carrier Breeze Airways said Tuesday it will start direct flights from New Orleans to Pittsburgh and Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and one-stop flights to Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, beginning in February.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia pounded Ukraine's energy facilities Tuesday with its biggest barrage of missiles yet, striking targets across the country and causing widespread blackouts, and a U.S. official said missiles crossed into NATO member Poland, w…
PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Three adults and dozens of dogs on board a twin-engine plane are OK after an emergency landing on a golf course in southeastern Wisconsin on Tuesday, according to sheriff's officials.
UPDATE: The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office announced early Tuesday afternoon that they have identified the woman and are in the process of reuniting her with her relatives.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who along with Louisiana’s other senator is considering a move from the U.S. Capitol to the State Capitol, said Tuesday that he’ll soon announce whether he'll run for governor.
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 10 were closed at Chef Menteur Highway on Tuesday due to an overturned 18-wheeler, Louisiana traffic officials said.
A Slidell man accused of sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl he was babysitting pleaded guilty in 22nd Judicial District Court to attempted aggravated rape and sexual battery of a victim under 13 just before his trial was set to begin last week.
Organizers of the push to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Tuesday they have obtained about 35% of the signatures needed to put the issue in front of voters, with a little more than three months remaining before a Feb. 22 deadline.
A Metairie man was cited for illegally killing an alligator in the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish on Nov. 7, state wildlife officials said.
A middle-aged man outside the Caesars Superdome wouldn't leave on a chilly Tuesday morning, even after Superdome public safety employees told him to. So they called New Orleans police. When officers arrived, the man stood, pulled out a knife and a…
Hundreds of Entergy customers were without power Tuesday morning in Mid-City, according to the utility company's outage map.
Louisiana has seen a jump in calls to the mental health hotline following the launch of the national 988 number in July, according to data from call centers. The increase follows a national trend of higher call volumes after a two-year transition …
Why one CEO says New Orleans' economy needs more diversity, five local Thanksgiving recipes, Rod Walker's thoughts on the Saints' future and more. Here's a look at today's top stories in New Orleans for Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.
Two men killed in shootings early this month were identified Monday by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office as Lane Mouney, 30, and Samer Foudeh, 42.
Jefferson Parish would prohibit businesses from opening new bulk storage sites for hazardous materials under a sprawling proposal aimed at modernizing the parish’s industrial zoning rules.
A federal judge has rejected a bid from Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams’ former law associate and co-defendant to have her conviction on tax fraud charges thrown out, clearing the way for her to be sentenced Nov. 30.
WASHINGTON – U.S. House and Senate members returned Monday to the Capitol to sort out their next steps as the muddled outcome of the midterm elections began to take form after nearly a week of counting ballots, with leadership positions for Louisi…
As the city budget process entered its third week Monday, aides to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell faced questions from City Council members about transparency and communication.
Expressing “grave concern” over a lack of insurance coverage, a federal government lawyer on Monday said her office will ask for Metro Service Group’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to be dismissed if the garbage hauler doesn’t promptly turn over requ…
Most of the claims against the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office in a federal lawsuit brought by two Black men who said their rights were violated by a racially motivated 2021 traffic stop have been thrown out by a judge.
While major challenges remain, Louisiana's overall ranking of 42nd on the nation's report card is the highest since 2003, state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley told district superintendents Monday.
St. Martin's Episcopal School has named Whitney Samuel Drennan, the head of the lower school at Louise S. McGehee School and a St. Martin's alumna, as its next head of school, the school said Monday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA started the countdown Monday for this week’s planned liftoff of its new moon rocket, although hurricane damage could cause yet another delay for the test flight.
A senior employee at the RTA has been placed on administrative leave after a report that she simultaneously held a top job at a transit agency in Tampa.
A Bayou L'Ourse mother and her live-in boyfriend took her 6-year-old child from a home in a neighboring parish Saturday and were arrested later that day on kidnapping counts, sheriff's deputies said.
The legislative committee investigating the death of Black motorist Ronald Greene at the hands of State Police appears ready to wrap up its work soon, though members indicated they will still seek testimony from Gov. John Bel Edwards after he declined an invitation this week.
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas grand jury has indicted a husband accused of slipping a medicine used for abortions into his wife's drinks in hopes that it would end her pregnancy.
On Monday, the Endymion Carnival parading organization, one of New Orleans’ so-called superkrewes, announced that fans should plan on changes to the parade route in 2023.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Authorities say the suspect in the shooting at the University of Virginia that killed three members of the football team has been taken into custody.
A man is dead and two more people are hospitalized after a triple shooting at the edge of the Treme neighborhood, New Orleans police said early Monday.
It’s called the Macheca Building, and even if you don’t know that particular seven-story Canal Street building by name, most New Orleanians of a certain vintage almost certainly know it by sight — and definitely by reputation.
A pedestrian was hit and killed by a tow truck Monday morning in downtown New Orleans, police said.
A man was killed in a shooting early Monday on North Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans police said.
Six days after coasting to re-election, U.S. Sen. John Kennedy said he is seriously considering next year’s governor’s race and released a poll showing him leading a potential field.
From his 44th-floor office atop Place St. Charles, Corporate Realty CEO Mike Siegel doesn’t literally have a 30,000-foot view. But the panorama of New Orleans out his window helps inform the big-picture perspective this veteran real estate executi…
Mallory Beatson pays nearly $400 a week to send her 5-month-old twins to a new Slidell day care center — and that came only after months of sitting on waiting lists at six other centers. She was able to snag spots for her kids because the center i…
Low water in the Mississippi River and elsewhere this fall has exposed a museum for explorers. Amid a drought, here are some of the previously sunken pieces of the past that have been found.
When Nucor Steel built its $750 million iron ore purification plant in St. James Parish in the early 2010s, the facility was billed as having an innovative design that would minimize greenhouse gas emissions compared with older methods in the traditionally coal-reliant steelmaking industry.
People who work in hurricane-affected areas often talk about stress caused by the long rebuilding process and the anxiety stirred up during hurricane season. A program in Slidell aims to help participants address some of that.
Three people sitting in a car were carjacked Saturday night in Village de l'Est, and one of them was shot, New Orleans police said.
Multiple boats burned, but no injuries were reported.
When a handful of bus riders gathered in a windowless boardroom at the Regional Transit Authority headquarters this month, most of them weren’t happy.