Carjacking victims urge public to be vigilant; help find attackers
Katie Moore / Eyewitness News Email: kmoore@wwltv.com | Twitter: @katiecmoore NEW ORLEANS -- Police are continuing their search for four men they say carried out two separate carjackings last weekend....
View ArticleBywater carjacking victim tells his story
A Bywater man didn't think he'd survive a carjacking at gunpoint near his home Saturday morning. He says he believes the four men who attacked him are the same men police want to find in a Marigny...
View ArticleFlooded Sandy cars being resold
New Orleans, La. - Thousands of cars flooded in Hurricane Sandy are turning up on the market for resale, some of them in Louisiana. Cynthia Albert of the Better Business Bureau says she's received...
View ArticleParents frustrated as St. John school still not repaired from Isaac
Bill Capo / Eyewitness News Email: bcapo@wwltv.com | Twitter: @billcapo Lake Pontchartrain Elementary has been closed since the Hurricane Isaac flood. Water damaged classroom walls were removed, but...
View ArticleNew Orleans asks 5th Circuit panel to vacate NOPD consent decree
Lawyers for the city of New Orleans who are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to release the city from the federally mandated NOPD consent decree were grilled by a three-judge panel of the...
View ArticleCrews work to clear derailed train in Louisiana
LAWTELL, La. (AP) - State police say at least 26 railroad cars have derailed in St. Landry Parish, closing U.S. 190 east of Lawtell. Master Trooper Daniel "Scott" Moreau says authorities have not...
View ArticleLouisiana education head says he'll offer diploma ideas in September
State Superintendent of Education John White said Monday that he'll unveil his proposals for reworking Louisiana's public high school diploma system in September. White said a diploma should signal...
View ArticleIndependence mayor issues boil water advisory
Independence, La. - People who get their water service from the town of Independence face a boil water advisory after a crew installing fiber optic cable drilled through to the town's main water line....
View ArticleOrleans Parish Prison understaffing at core of problems consent decree aims...
Due to woeful understaffing at the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, entire floors of Orleans Parish Prison facilities at times have no guards to oversee dozens of prisoners, two top Sheriff's Office...
View ArticleAlgiers residents appeal to Regional Transit Authority to take over ferries
Arguing that Algiers Point is fighting for its life after truncated ferry hours have slashed tourist traffic and made the work commute difficult, residents implored Regional Transit Authority...
View ArticleSt. Charles Parish Council unanimously approves Sunset Drainage District...
The St. Charles Parish Council on Monday voted unanimously to take over all operations of the Sunset Drainage District, an independent body that has looked after vast swaths of Bayou Gauche, Des...
View ArticleArrest made in slaying of Metairie neighborhood watch captain
FOX 8 received this news release from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Monday night: Sheriff Newell Normand announces the arrest of ROBERT KYLE, W/M, 78, of 89xx 25th Street in Metairie. You may...
View ArticleSearch to resume Tuesday for missing swimmer near Franklinton
Franklinton, La. - The Coast Guard and the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office is searching for a woman who went missing on the Bogue Chitto River near Franklinton Sunday. A spokesman for the Coast...
View ArticleFerry riders concerned with limited service and possible rate hikes
Tania Dall / Eyewitness News Email: tdall@wwltv.com | Twitter: @taniadall NEW ORLEANS -- Next week the New Orleans Regional Transportation Authority Board will consider a proposal to raise passenger...
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78-year-old Metairie man arrested in May 8 murder
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View ArticleShorter summer break could give students academic boost
Monica Hernandez / Eyewitness News Email: mhernandez@wwltv.com | Twitter: @mhernandezwwl NEW ORLEANS - On an early August afternoon, hundreds of students are learning to draw, sing, or play inside...
View ArticleDoctors, agriculture officials on guard after third confirmed cyclospora case...
New Orleans, La. - New Orleans, La. - With news of Louisiana's third confirmed cyclospora case Monday, some people said they're on guard. "Yeah, I worry about it. Anything that's gonna make me sick,...
View ArticleHow a bigger butt can kill you; A-Rod fighting suspension (10 Things to Know...
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATION LED US TO SHUT EMBASSIES The secret message between al-Qaida chief...
View ArticleShots fired in Kenner over basketball game; no one injured
A basketball game ended in gunfire, Kenner police said, after an argument broke out Monday about 10 p.m. Kenner residents reported gunshots in the 1800 block of Short Street, but no one was injured,...
View ArticleBP presents evidence of fraudulent claims, demands temporary halt of claims...
BP on Monday renewed its request for a federal judge to temporarily halt the payment of millions of dollars of economic claims stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, charging it has found...
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