Category — New Orleans, Louisiana

Census workers have started their door-to-door efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi, encouraging residents to fill out and send in their forms.

Terrebonne Parish sheriff’s deputies responded to an armed robbery call early Wednesday morning that led them on a chase through Terrebonne Parish.

Though he declared he was dropping out of the race for mayor of Kenner, Louis Congemi never took any official steps to do so and remains on the ballot, meaning he could draw votes that would impact the outcome of that contest.

cities across America are competing hard for Google’s new fiber optic network that promises to be 100 times faster than current Internet connections.

Members of the New Orleans SWAT team are helping police search for a shooting suspect.

A former New Orleans police officer who pleaded guilty to home invasion, sexual battery and malfeasance in office, is being sued by the couple whose house he entered.

Security experts wrapped up their on-site inspection of the St. Tammany Parish Jail Wednesday.

General Motors has received a fleet order for 849 Hummers, so the Shreveport plant won’t shut down for two weeks in May, after all.

Wednesday is the deadline for Road Home recipients to apply for additional money to raise or storm-proof their homes under aid program.

Starting this fall, students at Loyola University in New Orleans will be able to minor in the study of New Orleans.

The mayor is coming under criticism for trying to push through some long-term contracts before he leaves office.

Got questions for the candidates running in the Kenner Mayor’s race? Submit your question on WDSU.com by 12 p.m. Thursday March 11, and we’ll bring it to the candidates

Federal safety regulators are gathering information after a suburban New York driver told police that a Toyota Prius accelerated on its own, then lurched down a driveway, across a road and into a stone wall.

A federal grand jury accuses a former and Opelousas High School teacher with getting a minor to engage in sex acts to produce pornography.

Late Tuesday night, Tangipahoa Parish sheriff’s deputies and narcotics agents said they arrested two Florida men at a local hotel who were in possession of drugs and weapons.

Drivers who discover their vehicles have been towed away will be paying more to get them back.

New information may have surfaced, legislative auditor says

Formal response to 28-page report due by April 15

Deputy clerk of court resigns

First Baptist Church of Covington is spearheading Bucket of Hope drive for the victims of the devastating Haitian earthquake.

The rail line that runs between New Orleans and Orlando, Fla., hasnt been in service in five years. However, the New Orleans City Council is looking to change that.

Firefighters responded to a 2-alarm fire early Wednesday morning that grew to a 3-alarm fire shortly after the initial call.

New Orleans Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic will miss at least two weeks with a lower abdominal strain, a source told WDSU Wednesday.

Brett Duke / The Times-PicayuneGreenlawn Terrace Elementary School fourth-graders Lukisha Castro, Diamond Holiday, and Destiny Jaimes hold their hands up to answer questions during an English Language Arts class Thursday. Students across the nation might eventually use the same math…

Gov. Bobby Jindal has called for keeping the formula flat

Task force to help fashion game plan

Deborah Thibodeaux O’NeillThe New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a New Orleans woman who was last seen Sunday in the 4500 block of Magazine Street. Deborah Thibodeaux O’Neill, 55, was reported missing by relatives…

The post-Katrina work is the largest public works project in state history

A St. Tammany Parish jury on Wednesday took two hours to unanimously find a Lakeland, Fla., man guilty as charged of first-degree murder for the strangulation and beating of a 57-year-old man in 2006. Jody L. ‘Florida Boy’ Swafford Jody…

M.L. Lloyd III Errol Victor Sr. Tonya Victor Errol Victor Jr. A St. John the Baptist Parish district judge is considering an appeal from the state Attorney General’s office that she reverse a previous ruling to vacate an indictment charging…