Trayvon Martin online comments may have cost ex-NOPD cop right to city...
The New Orleans city attorney's office this week declined to represent a former NOPD officer in a wrongful-death lawsuit even though the department and the district attorney's office determined the...
View ArticleHazmat crews respond to oil train derailment in eastern New Orleans rail yard
A tanker train carrying crude oil came off the track in the rail yard near the intersection of Almonaster Blvd and Jourdan Road on Friday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. The...
View ArticleNew Orleans man pleads guilty to filing false $27,000 BP oil spill claim
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty Friday to mail fraud for filing a phony claim after the BP Gulf oil spill, claiming he lost his job with a local catering company as a result of the oil spill. Jordan...
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View ArticleAfter state budget cuts, parents of children with disabilities look for...
Meg Farris / Eyewitness News Email: mfarris@wwltv.com | Twitter: @megfarriswwl BATON ROUGE -- Budget cuts in the legislature and a no veto session, leave parents of children with disabilities...
View ArticleMount Carmel Academy names Beth Ann Simno first lay principal
After 34 years, Sister Camille Anne Campbell will step down as principal of Mount Carmel Academy in New Orleans in June. The Sisters of Mount Carmel announced Friday that longtime administrator Beth...
View ArticleAccident cleared, all lanes open after truck overturned near Interstate 610...
All lanes are reopened at the site of an accident that injured at least one person near Franklin Avenue and Abundance Street on Friday afternoon. A truck overturned about 5:30 p.m. at the...
View ArticleNOPD seeks culprits in car break-ins
New Orleans, La.- Police hope someone will recognize the men seen in surveillance images as they try to catch up with the suspects in three automobile burglaries and an auto theft. Investigators say...
View ArticleHarahan mayor polled City Council by phone, despite open meetings law
Despite Louisiana's open meetings law, Harahan Mayor Vinny Mosca said he polled the City Council by telephone to get votes from all five members on a resolution requesting street-repair money from...
View ArticleNOPD releases video of man who pillaged car in Bayou St. John Tuesday morning
The NOPD has released two videos of a man they suspect stole insurance documentation from a car in Bayou St. John on Tuesday morning. Police say the man broke into the vehicle and rummaged through the...
View ArticleNOPD releases video of man who pillaged car in Bayou St. John on Tuesday morning
The NOPD has released two videos of a man they suspect stole insurance documentation from a car in Bayou St. John on Tuesday morning. Police say the man broke into the vehicle and rummaged through the...
View Article3 sought by NOPD for stealing a car at Bayou St. John condominiums Friday
Three people are believed to be involved in a string of crimes Friday morning that include three auto burglaries and a car theft, all at a Bayou St. John condominium complex. The NOPD released...
View ArticleWoman dies while riding Six Flags roller coaster in Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A woman has died while riding an amusement park roller coaster in North Texas. Police records show the incident happened just after 6:30 p.m. Friday at Six Flags Over Texas in...
View ArticleMan is fatally shot in the head in Algiers Friday night
A man was shot and killed in Algiers on Friday night, the NOPD said. Police received a call around 9:50 p.m. that a man had been shot in the head in the 3400 block of Vespasian Boulevard, and later...
View ArticleDeadly shooting reported in Behrman area
Police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Behrman area of Algiers. NOPD advised news media just after 10 p.m. about the shooting in the 3400 block of Vespasian Blvd., near Cypress Acres Drive....
View ArticleWork begins on new Mississippi hurricane evacuation route
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) - Work is underway on a new hurricane evacuation route to get Hancock County residents to Interstate 59 quickly and safely. Crews will build two new southbound lanes on...
View ArticleCitizens fueling crime camera push across New Orleans
Tania Dall / Eyewitness News Email: tdall@wwltv.com | Twitter: @taniadall NEW ORLEANS -- More and more vigilant citizens across New Orleans are finding ways to fund their own crime cameras. They're...
View ArticleFamily searching for Texas woman who went missing in French Quarter
Jaclyn Kelley / Eyewitness News Email: jkelley@wwltv.com | Twitter: @jkelleyWWL NEW ORLEANS, La. -- A Texas woman has been missing for 10 days. The 28-year-old disappeared two days into her visit in...
View ArticleGert Town neighbors applaud city's crime reduction plan
New Orleans, La. - 18 alleged gang members of the 3NG gang pleaded ‘Not Guilty' in a packed courtroom at Tulane and Broad. "Leon Cannizzaro has decided to use a RICO prosecution style which means he...
View ArticleStudents excited about Landry-Walker merger
New Orleans, La. - This school year will look very different for high schoolers on the West Bank. O. Perry Walker and L. B. Landry high schools are merging. The plan has some community members pushing...
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