New Orleans, LA News Reports and Accidents

Police discovered illegal narcotics and a 9mm handgun inside one vehicle and believe it may have also been involved in an armed robbery in New Orleans. Read More

A Tennessee man has pled guilty to charges of sex trafficking for a 2020 incident that happened as he traveled through the southern United States. Read More

A woman was killed in a hit-and-run between the Michoud and Willow Brook neighborhoods on Chef Menteur Highway late Thursday night, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police responded to ... Read More

Flash Flood Warnings were in effect across New Orleans as thunderstorms dropped heavy rain on southern Louisiana on Thursday. Read More

The sleek sensors could give city officials an unprecedented level of flooding data. The initiative is the first of its scale in the nation. Read More

Nearly 5,000 Entergy customers were without power in the Marigny, 7th Ward and St. Roch neighborhoods Thursday afternoon as showers and thunderstorms swept through southeast Louisiana. Read More

The New Orleans Police Department is on the scene of a fatal vehicle crash that has I-610 closed.All lanes at the I-10 / I-610 West split are closed at Elysian Fields Avenue. Traffic is being diverted ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - Reginald Walton had just rolled his 18-wheeler into Louisiana, eastbound on Interstate 10 after making a Texas delivery, when he spotted what looked like a discarded baby doll ... Read More

(Brad Bowie / The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File) FILE - Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate ... 12, arguing the historical significance of the religious ... Read More

A Flash Flood Warning has been issued for parts or Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes until 2 p.m. as a line of strong storms is dumping rain on parts of the area. Meteorologist Payton Malone ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Reginald Walton had just rolled his 18-wheeler into Louisiana, eastbound on Interstate ... '?Running about 65 or 70 miles an hour in a tractor trailer, it took me about ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old '?miracle baby ... The body had been found in a lake behind an Interstate 10 welcome center near the Texas state line. Authorities investigating ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old '?miracle baby'? survived ... spent two days out in the weather on the side of the highway,'? Guillory said. '?Thank God that trucker ... Read More

New Orleans firefighters on the scene of a fire inside a storage facility near Lake Pontchartrain on Wednesday afternoon. Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana sheriff says a 1-year-old '?miracle baby ... The body had been found in a lake behind an Interstate 10 welcome center near the Texas state line. Authorities investigating the ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A wanted man who allegedly drove against oncoming traffic on Interstate ... on Wednesday (July 10). The wild chase Monday night in New Orleans East was initiated by Troop ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A flash flood warning was issued for New Orleans, Metairie and Kenner until 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after a heavy downpour set up directly overhead. Rainfall rates were up to 3+ inches per ... Read More

A 27-year-old man in a Dodge Charger led Troop NOLA officers on a "lengthy" chase through New Orleans East Monday evening, during which he drove the wrong way on the interstate and crashed into ... Read More

Notwithstanding this investment, leaders should prioritize cleaning up Interstate 10 in New Orleans East in anticipation of the big event. We, the members of New Orleans East Matters Coalition, call ... Read More