New Orleans DA Jason Williams reportedly released 23 convicts, allegedly violent, before a new statewide act came into effect preventing post-conviction relief deals without greater oversight. Act 10, which came into effect in Louisiana on August 1, increases state-level oversight on post-conviction relief. The legislation was introduced during a special crime session in the Louisiana…
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News New Orleans Police chief strikes 2 pedestrians with her vehicle, injuring 1
New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick struck two pedestrians with her vehicle on Saturday night, injuring one of them, according to the police department. The incident happened around 7 p.m. Saturday at the intersection of Decatur and Iberville streets, police said, according to Fox 8. Both a man and a woman were struck in the…
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News Suspect in New Orleans tour guide murder in US illegally, has criminal history: ICE
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News New Orleans teen may be trafficking victim after she vanished from group trip to museum
New Orleans police believe a teenage girl may be a victim of human trafficking after she vanished from a group trip to a downtown museum. Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales, 14, was in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) on May 22 when they took a group trip to a museum in…
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News Meet the American who ‘won the war for us’: Andrew Jackson Higgins, World War II New Orleans boatbuilder
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News New Orleans valedictorian graduates after living in homeless shelter
Elijah Hogan recently graduated as one of two valedictorians at Walter L. Cohen charter high school in New Orleans after living in a homeless shelter for youth for more than a year. In his speech, he congratulated his classmates for graduating from high school after beginning it during the pandemic and praised the value of…
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News High schooler shot in suburban New Orleans
An 18-year-old student was shot and wounded in a parking lot across the street from his high school in a New Orleans suburb Thursday, the final day of classes at the school. NEW ORLEANS COURTROOM BRAWL ERUPTS AFTER MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO KILLING HIS 3 CHILDREN The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said the shooting was…
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News With the Rolling Stones headlining, half a million attend New Orleans Jazz Fest
About half a million people attended the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the second-largest crowd in the festival’s history. The Rolling Stones headlined following multiple canceled performances in previous years. Other performers included the Foo Fighters, Chris Stapleton, the Killers, Queen Latifah, Fantasia and Vampire Weekend. An extra day and the lure of…
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News New Orleans predicts to recycle record amount of Mardi Gras beads
BK MARDI GRAS BEADS WEB VIDEO Hundreds of thousands of people travel to New Orleans each year for Carnival season. And some are looking for more sustainable ways to dispose of their beads. Fat Tuesday is the biggest day of the year for the Carnival Season and every year hundreds of thousands of people travel…
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News Outside New Orleans, the King Cake Drive-Thru Has You Covered for Mardi Gras
A tire shop parking lot has become a popular destination for those craving the beloved treat. The only problem: Which variety to choose? By Rick Rojas Reporting from Metairie, La., and the kitchen of Joyce’s Sweets in Ponchatoula, where he sampled a praline-filled cake fresh from the oven. Of course Mardi Gras is about boundless…
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