Top New Orleans Area Local News Stories
Source: WDSU.com - Local News
A New Orleans Police Department officer who was the subject of an I-Team investigation has been arrested and suspended without pay for his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident -- the second such accident for which he now faces criminal charges.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 20:28:32 CST
Over the years, Mardi Gras Indians have battled it out in a competition over who can come up with the most unique and elaborate costumes, but it's the confrontation with the New Orleans Police Department that they say has them concerned the most.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:12:37 CST
People are gathered in the St. Roch Community Church to remember a drive-by shooting victim who they say died a hero.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:11:46 CST
Two women who suffered from domestic violence tell WDSU how they received help in hopes that others will break their silence.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:50:41 CST
A New Orleans man arrested 10 times in Orleans Parish for driving while intoxicated has yet to stand trial on any of those charges, the WDSU I-Team has learned.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:57:31 CST
New Orleans police officers sound off on the department's leadership and working conditions that they say make it difficult to do their job.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:14:12 CST
The convicted sex offender who walked out of the Orleans Parish Criminal Court last week will be back in the courtroom on Monday for his sentencing.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:30:45 CST
Gardner Realtors show this home in Kenner, which is listed at $1,275,000. For more information contact them by email at info@gardnerrealtors.com or by phone: 800-566-7801.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 12:04:43 CST
It's carnival season! Share photos of your party regalia or from Mardi Gras' past. And while you're here, check out hundreds of great photos already shared by our u local community.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 08:41:04 CST
A new state report predicts that Louisiana's coast will see 3 feet of sea-level rise by 2100 and recommends that future designs for such things as levees and roads to take sea-level rise into account.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:37:58 CST
A federal judge has set aside nearly seven hours for opening statements in a trial over the deadly rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico that resulted in the nation's worst offshore oil spill.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:02:36 CST
Judges at Criminal Court met with the State Indigent Defender Board on Monday to discuss cuts at the public defenderÂ’s office.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:52:56 CST
French Quarter residents say they are continuing their fight to keep the noise level down among businesses.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:57:32 CST
Divorce rates continue to fall in the United States, but so do marriage rates. Find out where your state ranks.
Published: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 00:00:03 CST
A Texas man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself at a Bourbon Street men's club.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 11:00:58 CST
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