Top New Orleans Area Local News Stories
Source: WDSU.com - Local News
A second former New Orleans police officer has been charged in connection with the deadly shootings on the Danziger Bridge several days after the landfall of Hurricane Katrina.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:28:46 CST
New Orleans police have confirmed that the body pulled from the Mississippi River near the French Quarter is that of a missing Texas oil company executive.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:59:38 CST
A New Orleans lawmaker has drafted legislation to ban red light and speeding cameras or to put the issue before Louisiana voters.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:08:55 CST
New Orleans' next mayor is about to name a team that will look into education issues in the city.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:20:42 CST
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Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:46:46 CST
The mayor of New Orleans doesn't have direct control over city schools, but that's not stopping Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu from getting involved in the issue of how to improve education in the city.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:30:14 CST
Touting his conservative credentials, oil and gas executive Jeff Landry announced Tuesday he was running for the congressional seat being vacated by Democrat Charlie Melancon.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:12:02 CST
The campaign of Democratic Senate candidate Charlie Melancon has filed an ethics complaint against Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 12:21:26 CST
Authorities have pulled a body from the Mississippi River and are working to identify the remains. The body was recovered by crews searching for a missing tourist from Houston.
Published: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 13:37:21 CST
Investigators in St. Bernard Parish arrested a couple on suspicion of spiking a baby's bottle with an alcoholic beverage.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 21:46:12 CST
Equusearch joins manhunt for missing tourist Douglas Schantz. Schantz went missing Friday morning.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:33:04 CST
A man in a stolen car asked for directions from a cop while in a drive thru at McDonald's restaurant.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 17:14:15 CST
The reward for anyone with information leading to the return of Douglas Schantz is up to $25,000.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 16:12:45 CST
Former Saints player Charles Grant and current player Jeremy Shockey have filed suit against ex-teammate Kevin Houser over hundreds of thousands of dollars they said they paid for state movie tax credits that never materialized.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:13:24 CST
The Twin Span is being cut into suitcase-size pieces and turned into a fish haven on the muddy bottoms of Lake Pontchartrain.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:03:31 CST
Louisiana's Supreme Court has declined to get in the way of a class action lawsuit fighting the dismissal of New Orleans public school employees following Hurricane Katrina.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:23:13 CST
Lil Wayne has been sentenced to a year in jail after pleading guilty in a New York City gun case.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 15:09:42 CST
The Board of Assessors appointed Connell Vallette to replace 4th District Assessor Betty Jefferson.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 11:44:04 CST
Lil Wayne is set to begin an expected jail term on a New York gun case, after a dental problem and a courthouse fire pushed his sentencing back a month.
Published: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:17:12 CST
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