Last of 10 New Orleans escapees captured
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New Orleans voters head to the polls to elect a new slate of city leaders, including a mayor to replace term-limited incumbent LaToya Cantrell, who faces federal corruption charges tied to an alleged affair with her bodyguard.
Voter turnout, a withdrawn candidate, and a lone Republican could all play a role in whether New Orleans picks a mayor Saturday—or heads to a runoff.
Once every decade, New Orleans City Council redraws its district maps to reflect population shifts. The newest boundaries are scheduled to go into effect in January.
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A New Orleans candidate's murder conviction was tossed but the state still challenges his past
A down-ballot race for New Orleans clerk of criminal court has turned contentious, as candidate Calvin Duncan, who spent three decades in prison before his conviction was vacated, faces attacks from Louisiana’s attorney general and the incumbent clerk over whether he was truly exonerated.
As the NOPD searches for suspects in a deadly attempted carjacking in the French Quarter, one woman wonders if the presence of more officers or troops could've prevented her husband's killing.
Just in the past ten weeks, New Orleans has seen a total of 33 homicides, and of those, a concerning six were murder-suicide cases.