From left, candidates for Orleans Parish sheriff include Edwin Shorty Jr., incumbent Susan Hutson and Michelle Woodfork.

From a 47-year low of 120 reported murders in 2019, an eruption of violence peaked in 2022 with 265 murders, a post-Katrina ...

Three more of the 10 inmates who busted out of a New Orleans facility in a high-profile jailbreak were recaptured in two different states, authorities said on May 26. Lenton Vanburen, Leo Tate ...

BLUEGRASS: A Bluegrass Jam on July 25 (every final Friday) from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Covington Farmer's Market Gazebo, 100 ...

A former New Orleans jail employee believed to be the girlfriend of escapee Derrick Groves has been arrested and charged with allegedly helping facilitate the high-profile jailbreak, authorities ...

New Orleans Police Department Chief Anne Kirkpatrick addressed Groves directly at a Friday news conference. “We are going to capture you,” she said.

Antoine Massey, one of ten inmates who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in May 2025, has been apprehended after six weeks on the run. His capture leaves only one fugitive, Derrick Groves ...

New research reveals that sections of New Orleans' $15 billion flood control system are subsiding faster than sea levels are rising.

Antoine Massey was recaptured on Friday after escaping from the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility in May, Louisiana State Police announced on Facebook.

A man who has been on the run for over a month after escaping from a jail in New Orleans has been recaptured, according to authorities.