Inmate’s moment of pleasure turns into a decade behind bars
This much is now clear to Orleans Parish Prison inmate Terrell Harris: You can’t go around masturbating wherever you like. Louisiana law makes it a felony to expose your private parts in public “or in...
View ArticleFrench Quarter club owner Levy dies at 89
Dan Levy Jr., a French Quarter restaurant and club owner whose venues featured Al Hirt and Pete Fountain early in their careers, died Monday at his Metairie home after a brief battle with cancer. He...
View ArticleGroup: Bill weakens levee boards
A bill up for consideration by the Legislature would threaten reforms aimed at professionalizing New Orleans area levee boards that long were filled with “sometimes ill-qualified political...
View ArticleLocal family shares their story on World Autism awareness Day
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - It's the seventh annual World Autism Awareness Day, and the Centers for Disease Control says 30 percent more people have a form of the disorder since the last survey was done...
View ArticleHouse committee rejects bill to scrap Common Core
MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Lawmakers on the House Education Committee on Wednesday were considering whether Louisiana should scrap its participation in the Common Core...
View ArticleHealing Haralson happy to be back
Parys Haralson believes he accomplished his primary goal with the New Orleans Saints last season: Getting his teammates to trust he’s capable of doing his job. However, he’d be lying if he said he was...
View ArticleSheriff investigating inmate’s death
St. Bernard Parish Sheriff James Pohlman said Wednesday that he is investigating the circumstances that led to the death of a 19-year-old woman at the parish jail a day earlier. Nimali Henry had been...
View ArticleCandid cameras
Digital eyes will soon be watching when New Orleans cops chase armed robbers, frisk suspicious pedestrians or disperse boisterous crowds, as the department rolls out hundreds of “body-worn cameras”...
View ArticleNBA ref Bavetta betters Ripken with streak
NEW YORK -- Longtime NBA referee Dick Bavetta was honored before the Brooklyn Nets-New York Knicks game by the NBA for officiating in his 2,633rd consecutive regular season game. Bavetta passed former...
View ArticleJefferson Parish hospital lease consultant presents harsh critique of suitors
Consultant Joshua Nemzoff presented harsh conclusionsWednesday concerning the financial positions of the organizations that want tolease West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson
View ArticleSewage floods Slidell roads and businesses, mayor describes long-term fix
SLIDELL, LA (WVUE) - Slidell city leaders worked to fix a raw sewage problem that surfaced with flood waters Friday, causing sewage to bubble up onto streets and flood some businesses. "It got higher...
View ArticleFranklinton woman dies after ATV collides with car
FRANKLINTON, LA (WVUE) - A woman was killed Wednesday after she drove an all-terrain vehicle into the path of an oncoming car in Washington Parish. The accident happened just before 1 p.m. on La. 450...
View ArticleNOPD spokeswoman Braden resigns
Remi Braden, the combative mouthpiece for the New Orleans Police Department and a ubiquitous sidekick to Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas at public events, resigned this week after three years as...
View ArticleCalifornia man steps up to claim huge Powerball jackpot
The man who won a $425 million Powerball jackpot came forward to claim his winnings Tuesday, the Daily News said. He was wearing an interesting T-shirt:
View ArticleCommon Core bills fail in House Committee, despite Jindal backing
Louisiana's House Education Committee Wednesday night voted down two bills that could have to scrapped the Common Core education standards and prohibited the use of related
View ArticleHigh Dollar Homes: Rustic richness in Madisonville
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View ArticleLee Zurik Investigation: Plaquemines Parish woman demands federal probe
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - A woman who's been helpful in government cases in Plaquemines Parish is asking the U.S. attorney to put resources into the parish. "The people in Plaquemines are growing...
View ArticleGunman kills 3, wounds 16 at Fort Hood Army base
FORT HOOD, Texas — A soldier opened fire Wednesday on fellow service members at the Fort Hood military base, killing three people and wounding 16 before committing suicide at the same post where more...
View ArticleSaints go north of border to find safety
“He likely is faster at this stage than Roman. Harper had great instincts as a (defensive back) pass rusher. (Ball) created a lot of turnovers and made big plays in CFL and could play on...
View ArticleBoards to make choices of two bidders
The boards of Jefferson Parish’s two public hospitals once again will weigh in on which company they want to take over their facilities in the wake of a consultant’s report that neither of the two...
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