New Orleans, LA News Reports and Accidents

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Amid increasing flood insurance costs, Louisiana's U.S. senators say they are continuing to push for reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. Property owners are seeing ... Read More

Federal authorities say a New Orleans school teacher is facing a sex trafficking charge involving a 16-year-old girl ... Read More

Johnson allegedly coerced an underage minor to travel from Mississippi to Louisiana for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex, according to the Department of Homeland Security New Orleans. Johnson ... Read More

A New Orleans schoolteacher has been arrested and charged with sex trafficking of a teenage girl. Investigators are hoping to identify potential victims who may have been involved. Read More

NEW ORLEANS - A vehicle fire closed I-610 Eastbound near Canal Boulevard Sunday afternoon, according to Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. The map shows that all eastbound lanes ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Two men died early Sunday (Aug. 18) in a traffic crash near the Desire area, New Orleans police said. The identities and ages of the adult male victims have not been disclosed. Read More

Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a crash that left two men dead near the Desire neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 18. Read More

Woman arrested after early Saturday shooting in Leonidas neighborhood, NOPD says ... Read More

Highway 90, which serves as an eastbound exit from New Orleans to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, has been shuttered since May 2022 when inspections found four bridges to be structurally unsafe for ... Read More

A New Orleans man died on Saturday, Aug. 10, after being severely injured and hospitalized following a Gretna crash that occurred in July. Read More

NEW ORLEANS - The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development announced all westbound lanes of the Crescent City Connection (US Highway 90-BR) over the Mississippi River are currently ... Read More

The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in locating a vehicle detectives believe was used after a toddler was found on Chef Menteur Highway this week. Detectives ... Read More

The shooting happened on Interstate 610 East at the Canal Boulevard on-ramp, according to police. NOPD said a man with a gunshot wound arrived at an area hospital for treatment around 1:42 p.m. I ... Read More

partial closure of the interstate in New Orleans. The New Orleans Police Department says the shooting happened around 1:42 p.m. on I-610 East at the Canal Boulevard on-ramp. One man with a gunshot ... Read More

NEW ORLEANS - I-610 eastbound traffic reopened after being shut down at the I-10 / 610 split Thursday afternoon after a man was reportedly shot at the Canal Blvd. on-ramp. Police initially ... Read More

On Wednesday, July 31, NOPD officers were made aware of a 12 to 15-month-old infant being found near the corner of Chef Menteur Highway and ... in the custody of the Louisiana Department of ... Read More

New Orleans police closed Interstate 610 eastbound at the Jefferson Parish line briefly after a shooting that left at least one person injured, authorities said. The shooting was reported on I ... Read More

Curious Louisiana reader Abigail Hendren, of Baton Rouge ... also toured ongoing construction of an Interstate 10 bridge in New Orleans East. (Photo by Scott Threlkeld, NOLA.com | The Times ... Read More

The child, who is between the ages of 12 to 15 months old, was discovered near the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Wilson ... has been placed with the Louisiana Department of Child ... Read More