Woman is shot in leg in Gentilly
NOPD officers are investigating a shooting in the 4800 block of Touro Street in Gentilly, where a woman was shot in the leg. Check back with NOLA.com ads more details become available.
View ArticleCousins found guilty in 2010 shooting of two-year-old boy
Related:1 young child per year slain in Central City since 2010add to reading list Gallery See all 2 photos » WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEW ORLEANS – A jury found two...
View ArticleHCA drops purchase option for Jefferson Parish hospital lease agreement
A contestant in the Jefferson Parish hospital sweepstakes is walking back its proposal to include a purchase option in any lease for East Jefferson General Hospital and West Jefferson Medical Center....
View ArticleTwo men found guilty in murder of toddler, Jeremy Galmon
New Orleans, La - A jury found two men guilty on all charges in the murder of 2 year old Jeremy Galmon. Jamiron Pollard, and Bernell Pollard were charged with second-degree murder and second-degree...
View ArticleAt vigil for murdered toddler, Mayor Mitch Landrieu describes 'a drumbeat of...
In 1994, a 9-year-old boy living in New Orleans' Central City neighborhood wrote a letter to President Bill Clinton, saying that he did not feel safe: "I want you to stop the killing in the city....
View ArticleNY bank robber survives 210-foot fall down trash chute while fleeing, police say
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A bank robbery suspect trying to elude police searching for him in an apartment building jumped into a garbage chute and survived a 200-foot fall into trash in the basement, police...
View ArticleMayor, police seek tips in death of toddler in Central City
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and his police chief appealed Friday for the public's help in finding the person responsible for the shooting death of a 13-month-old girl. "This...
View ArticleAgreement reached on monitor to oversee OPP consent decree
New Orleans, La. - Sheriff Marlin Gusman has agreed to accept nearly every member of the team favored by Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration to monitor the Orleans Parish Prison consent decree....
View ArticleNOPD investigating murder in Gentilly
NOPD officers are on the scene of a murder in Gentilly. New Orleans police confirmed that there is at least one person dead in the 4400 block of Congress Drive, but did not have details on the victim....
View ArticleCommunity gathers to mourn slain Central City child
Related:Family of Londyn Samuels asks for help finding daughter's killeradd to reading list Tania Dall / Eyewitness News Email: tdall@wwltv.com | Twitter: @taniadall NEW ORLEANS -- A large crowd...
View ArticleCommunity gathers to mourn slain Central City child
Related:Family of Londyn Samuels asks for help finding daughter's killeradd to reading list Tania Dall / Eyewitness News Email: tdall@wwltv.com | Twitter: @taniadall NEW ORLEANS -- A large crowd...
View ArticleOn the Hill: Fight over catfish and House GOP accused of harassment with...
A look at the past week in Washington Both sides ready to fight catfish battle They are calling it the Big Catfish fight of 2013. In 2008, Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., added a provision to a farm bill...
View Article911 calls reveal horrified stranger's view of Ariz. boy's joyride, mom's...
PHOENIX -- A 911 call released Friday provides a dramatic account of a tragic joyride by an 8-year-old boy in his mother's car as he swerved through traffic, turned around at a convenience store and...
View ArticleSaturday weather forecast: Heat index could hit 100
Today: Partly cloudy. High of 93 with a heat index of 100. Winds from the west at 5 to 10 mph, shifting to the south in the afternoon. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low of 75. Winds from the southwest at 5...
View ArticleGov. Jindal is wrong to cling to his opposition of the Affordable Care Act:...
Sen. Richard Russell foughtthe civil rights laws of the 1960s with more passion and cunning than anymember of Congress. For decades, as leader of Southern senators, the GeorgiaDemocrat was...
View ArticleNew Orleans politics: Eugene Green to run, a new post for Clarkson, and the...
Eugene Green, who served as the city's economic development chief under Mayor Marc Morial and later as chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson, plans to once again seek a spot on the New...
View ArticleSandy task force's vision for storm safety could help here: Editorial
The report released in August by the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force would sound very familiar to any Southeast Louisiana resident who picks it up. The opening letter from task force chairman...
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As Martin Luther King dreamed, Plaquemine fought: Richard Campanella
The March on Washington, 50 years ago this past week, is often viewed as the zenith of the American Civil Rights Movement. During that same week in Louisiana, however, violence in a Mississippi River...
View ArticlePolice seek suspect in CBD robbery attempt
New Orleans, La. - Police are looking for a man in connection with an attempted robbery last Saturday in the CBD. The incident occurred in the 500 block of Gravier Street at about 10:20 p.m.. Police...
View ArticlePolice seek person of interest in Morgan City homicide
Morgan City, La. - Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man sought for questioning in a fatal Friday night shooting in Morgan City. Police want to talk to Jose Fernando Ariano. he is...
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