Levee authority stands up for taxpayers in coastal Louisiana: Letter
Re: "Suit demands repairs to wetlands, " Page 1, July 24. Wow, it's only taken over 90 years for someone representing the taxpaying residents of Louisiana to ask the courts to decide if those...
View ArticleBody of missing swimmer found in Bogue Chitto River near Franklinton
Authorities have found the body of a Picayune, Miss., woman who went missing Sunday in the Bogue Chitto River in Washington Parish during a tubing trip. The body of Melanie Borja, 22, was found...
View ArticleMetro Council member calls for Baker representation on CATS Board
The Capital Area Transit System Board has two vacancies after a series of recent controversies prompted resignations by two members. Metro Council member Chauna Banks-Daniel believes one of those...
View ArticleSt. Tammany DA files felony charges against Mr. Move employees
The St. Tammany Parish District Attorney's office has filed felony charges against the owner of a Metairie moving company and two of his employees who were arrested in June for allegedly withholding a...
View ArticleNOPD arrests second Marigny carjacking suspect
New Orleans, La. - The NOPD has identified and arrested one of four suspects wanted for two carjackings that took place Saturday in the Marigny and Bywater neighborhoods. Marvin Carter, 21, was taken...
View ArticlePolice arrest woman in 2006 murder-for-hire plot in eastern New Orleans
A woman who reportedly paid a man to murder her husband in 2006 was picked up by police last week in Missouri, court records show. Emma Raine, 49, was booked in New Orleans on Aug. 1 on charges of...
View ArticleNOPD: One man arrested, one sought for two carjackings
WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEW ORLEANS -- Police arrested a suspect in connection with two carjackings on Aug. 3, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Marvin...
View ArticleHibernia Bancorp reports lower income for the second quarter of 2013
Hibernia Bancorp reported onWednesday that its net income for the quarter ending on June 30 after weighingvarious types of income and expenses landed at $13,000, which was short of the$35,000 the New...
View ArticleSt. Bernard fair housing coordinator begins work, as required under federal...
As required under the recent settlement in the running battle over post-Hurricane Katrina rental housing in St. Bernard Parish, a fair housing coordinator started work in the parish on Wednesday....
View ArticleJefferson Parish sets meetings on preliminary flood insurance rate maps
More than 47,000 properties in Jefferson Parish are losing their high-risk designation in FEMA's latest preliminary flood insurance rate maps, which could mean lower premiums for those property...
View ArticleRoad repairs, lane closures coming to U.S. 190 between Mandeville and...
Motorists will encounter alternating lane closures on heavily traveled U.S. 190 between Mandeville and Interstate 12 from Sunday night through the morning of Aug. 16 while crews make repairs to the...
View ArticleSt. John Parish crime report. Aug. 8
This brief comes directly from the St. John Parish Sheriff's Office daily crime report. Torian Williams, 21, Star Terrace Street, Reserve, LA, was arrested on 8/7/2013 and booked with DWI-1st offense,...
View ArticleNew NFL restrictions in place; no purse allowed
New Orleans, La. - Friday night Saints fans will encounter new NFL security restrictions on what you can bring into the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Easing the way a bit for season ticket holders, the...
View ArticleCouncil to examine if police detail rules conflict with consent decree
Related:Landrieu unveils proposal to reform NOPD's troubled off-duty, paid detail systemadd to reading listDOJ blast city's attempt to void NOPD consent decree add to reading listNew office created to...
View ArticleTulane study shows no post-oil spill crab decrease
New Orleans, La. - When researchers from Tulane and the University of Louisiana-Lafayette began a study of blue crabs in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, they expected a big...
View ArticleThe Boot tops online list of 'Best College Bars in America'
A hangout for New Orleans college students topped an online list of the “25 Best College Bars in America,” which was released by The Daily Meal website on Thursday (Aug. 8). Editors of the website...
View ArticleMan arrested in Central City after kidnapping, raping 21-year-old woman
A 21-year-old woman standing on a Josephine Street sidewalk early Wednesday morning was kidnapped at gunpoint by a man who then took her to a Central City apartment and raped her repeatedly, police...
View ArticleLet death fall upon the James Magees of the world naturally: James Varney
It's August in Louisiana and, global warming or no, it often seems the earth is about to burst into flame. This discomfits James Magee. Magee, you see, has no air conditioning. He doesn't have access...
View ArticleJeremy Hill's reinstatement: Do you agree with Les Miles' players' vote tactic?
LSU coach Les Miles reinstated Jeremy Hill to the football team after his teammates voted him back in Monday. Hill practiced with the Tigers on Monday afternoon, the first day of fall camp. But Texas...
View ArticleAmid reduced ferry operations in the state, Westwego proposes a Mississippi...
For decades, a Mississippi River ferry carried passengers between Westwego and Walnut Street at Audubon Park, until its usefulness waned when the Huey P. Long Bridge opened in 1935. Now, although the...
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