Cleveland suicide mystery: How could kidnapper Ariel Castro hang himself...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The family of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro planned to claim his body Thursday as investigations sought to determine how a man who was perhaps Ohio's most notorious prisoner...
View ArticleUNO composer commemorates the 1963 Birmingham church bombing in...
On Sept. 15, 1963, a bomb tore through the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., killing four black girls. This racially motivated slaughter, coming months after police repelled peaceful...
View ArticleChild dies from from brain-eating amoeba contracted in St. Bernard Parish
WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV BATON ROUGE, La. -- A child has died from an illness caused by the brain-eating Naegleria fowleri amoeba. According to the Department of Health and...
View ArticleGleason Foundation helping ALS patients live their lives
Mike Hoss / Eyewitness News Email: mhoss@wwltv.com | Twitter: @mhosswwl NEW ORLEANS -- It is a moment frozen in time, yet still generates the same raw emotion as it did that night, now seven years...
View ArticleChild visiting St. Bernard Parish dies from rare encephalitis infection, CDC...
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday confirmed that a St. Bernard Parish child died from primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a brain infection that leads to the...
View ArticleNOPD arrests second suspect in 1-year-old's murder
FOX 8 received this news release from the New Orleans Police Dept. Thursday night: One week after someone opened fire on an 18-year-old woman and the 1-year-old baby she was carrying, New Orleans...
View ArticleSt. Tammany coroner's millage rolled back by council
New Orleans, La. - St. Tammany Parish's embattled coroner has had another setback. The Parish Council voted Thursday evening to cut the millage dedicated to funding the coroner's office. FOX 8...
View ArticleSt. Tammany School Board committee gets earful about Common Core
A group of parents and residents peppered a St. Tammany School Board committee Thursday night with questions about the district's curriculum and the Common Core standards. The parents were concerned...
View ArticleNOPD makes second arrest in murder of 1-year-old Londyn Samuels
One dayafter New Orleans police booked 24-year-old KeelenArmstrong in the shootingdeath of 1-year-old Londyn Samuels and wounding of her 18-year-old babysitter, a second man was in custody Thursday...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman's wife, who lied about couple's assets to aid his bail...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- George Zimmerman's wife filed for divorce Thursday, less than two months after her husband was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin and a week after she pleaded guilty to perjury in...
View ArticleKenner restaurant to be transformed into dentist office
The Kenner City Council on Thursday approved a zoning changethat paves the way for the sale of 1305 West Esplanade Ave., currently home to aGround Pat'i Grille and Bar. Owner Ron Krugler has struck a...
View ArticleDHH urges caution, offers tips after child contracts brain-eating amoeba
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View ArticleSecond suspect arrested in murder of 1-year-old
WWLTV.com Email: webteam@wwltv.com | Twitter: @WWLTV NEW ORLEANS -- Police have apprehended a second suspect in connection with the murder of 1-year-old Londyn Samuels. Darnell Ramee, 19, faces...
View ArticleThree days of drama in Jefferson hospital lease saga
Jefferson Parish Councilman Ben Zahn on Thursday eveningcapped off three days of drama in the parish's hospital lease saga with anangry email to the consulting firm that has worked on the deal for a...
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Power outage pushes back class start at Mahalia Jackson Elementary
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View ArticlePerson of interest sought in shooting death of 11-year-old comes forward,...
A manNew Orleans police believe may have seen the gunmen who shot 11-year-oldArabian Gayles as she slept in her bed early Mondaymorning has come forward to the police, according to NOPD director of...
View Article'I killed a man': Ohio driver Matthew Cordle posts video to confess to heavy...
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A driver has confessed in a video posted online that he's to blame for a wrong-way car crash stemming from a night of heavy drinking that killed another man and says he's willing to...
View ArticleLeaders of levee board reform say Jindal threats violate spirit of 2006 changes
Jeff Adelson / The Advocate NEW ORLEANS -- In the weeks since it filed suit against almost 100 oil and gas companies, a New Orleans-area levee board has been in the cross-hairs of Gov. Bobby Jindal...
View ArticleBusinesses get primer on numerous changes from Obamacare
Meg Farris / Eyewitness News Email: mfarris@wwltv.com | Twitter: @megfarriswwl METAIRIE, La. - With 'ObamaCare' enrollment beginning in less than a month, people and business owners are still confused...
View ArticleSt. John Parish school officials try new route for flood repairs
Reserve, La.- Thursday night, St. John Parish school leaders announced they are applying to a program developed in the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy in an effort to move forward on much needed school...
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