By: Gregory R. Rusovich | nola.com | October 30, 2025 A sense of optimism is in the air. New Orleanians are hopeful that lingering infrastructure and quality-of-life issues will finally be addressed by Mayor-elect Helena Moreno and the new city council. But they face additional stiff challenges intertwined with great opportunity. No issue can shatter…
By: Ashley Hamilton | wgno.com | October 10, 2025 ATLANTA, Ga. (WGNO) — Nearly five months after escaping from the Orleans Parish jail, Derrick Groves will return to Louisiana after agreeing to be extradited during a court appearance in Georgia. “I want to return where I am from,” said Groves. “Do you want to return to Louisiana?” asked…
By: Jeremy Alford & David Jacobs | businessreport.com | September 23, 2025 Louisiana lawmakers are likely to again consider changing the rules around whether criminal defendants must face a jury or only a judge, which would require changing the Louisiana Constitution. Currently, defendants who are not facing capital punishment can waive their right to a…
United States Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Louisiana | justice.gov | August 15, 2025 NEW ORLEANS – Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that LATOYA CANTRELL (“CANTRELL”), age 53, and JEFFREY PAUL VAPPIE, II (“VAPPIE”), age 52, both residents of New Orleans, were charged in a superseding indictment today on federal charges concerning wire fraud and obstruction of justice. CANTRELL and VAPPIE were…
By: Stephen Stock, Dannah Sauer, and Jon Turnipseed | fox8live.com | July 30, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Fox 8 investigation finds members of the New Orleans Police Department working long hours for months on end without a single day off. That raises concerns for one former NOPD chief about the effectiveness of those…
By: Chris Welty | fox8live.com | July 29, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Louisiana Attorney General’s office is partnering with the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office to clear a court’s backlog of hundreds of felony cases. AG Liz Murrill and Orleans Parish DA Jason Williams met Monday (July 29) to discuss splitting the pending…
By: Cassie Schirm | wdsu.com | July 14, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — A confidential grievance filed by a New Orleans police officer is now at the center of a growing investigation into how internal information is being exposed to the public. WDSU Investigates has confirmed that the grievance, which includes allegations against an NOPD captain,…
By: Cassie Schirm | wdsu.com | July 9, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — Just walking into the French Quarter, you are being watched. It’s not just by tourists or business owners, but by facial recognition cameras scanning faces in real time. New Orleans is the first city in the country to deploy facial recognition alerts across…
By: Jillian Kramer | nola.com | July 26, 2025 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge quietly stepped away from the bench last month, prompting the Louisiana Supreme Court to install a temporary replacement. Retired Judge Calvin Johnson began presiding over Judge Darryl Derbigny’s courtroom on May 27, according to the court order appointing Johnson as a pro…
By: Chris Welty | fox8live.com | June 25, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Louisiana State Police say Troop NOLA is making a measurable impact in its first year and could expand its presence in the city when a new class of cadets graduates in December. Troop NOLA launched in March 2024 with a mission to…