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A cold front midweek brings rain and a better feel
A cold front on Wednesday morning will bring a brief break in the heat. Showers are possible, and coastal storms will develop ...
Project NOLA says NOPD opted out of automatic alerts from its facial recognition cameras
Facial recognition is credited with spotting two escaped inmates in the French Quarter last Friday morning (May 16). Two ...
Fourth escaped inmate recaptured Monday in New Orleans East; six still on the loose
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana State Police on Monday (May 19) recaptured Gary C. Price, one of 10 inmates who escaped the ...
Claiborne Avenue bridge closed through Friday afternoon for repairs
The 5th Annual Cars for Kids and Poker Run has been rescheduled for this Saturday, offering a day of horsepower, hometown fun ...
Aunt of four-time killer Derrick Groves says she hopes Orleans escapee safely turns himself in
Groves was awaiting sentencing in the manslaughter cases at the time of his escape. Groves’ aunt, Jasmine Groves, maintains her nephew’s innocence in the killings. She says Derrick Groves has been ...
Criminologists say potential for violence climbs the longer Orleans jail escapees are out
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After the escape of 10 inmates from the New Orleans jail, Governor Jeff Landry made it clear he is not happy with the speed at which the city’s criminal justice system moves. But ...
Human remains found in Houma
HOUMA, La. (WVUE) - Authorities in Terrebonne Parish are investigating the discovery of human skeletal remains. Deputies ...
Football, Fútbol, Food: LSU stepping up their NIL game to succeed int he transfer portal
Wilson Alexander of The Advocate reported the Tigers spent over $13 million in NIL. That money produced the No. 1 transfer ...
Loomis on the Saints not in primetime for 2025: ‘That’s what the league thinks of us, and that’s fine’
GM Mickey Loomis reacts to zero primetime games for the New Orleans Saints in 2025: "We don't have any primetime games.
LSU enters SEC Baseball Tournament No. 1 in the country
The Tigers are the No. 3 seed in the 2025 SEC Tournament and will play at approximately 6:30 p.m. on Friday against an ...
Feels-like temperatures around triple digits to start the week
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The heat continues for the beginning of the work week. The highs will be in the low 90s on Monday and ...
Federal monitors repeatedly warned Sheriff Hutson about inadequate supervision inside Orleans jail
Fox 8 dug deeper into the data, examining the final compliance report during Gusman’s administration to the four most recent reports with the jail operated by Hutson. The reports show the OPSO’s jail ...