By: Winston Reed | wwltv.com | January 22, 2026 NEW ORLEANS — As January comes to a close, New Orleans has recorded fewer homicides than during the same period last year, according to new crime data. Investigators are still working to solve several recent cases, including two homicides. Last week, 19-year-old Kareem Harris was shot and…
By: Aubry Killion | wdsu.com | January 21, 2025 NEW ORLEANS — The city of New Orleans has started a new chapter with Mayor Helena Moreno. WDSU Investigates dug into what benefits former Mayor LaToya Cantrell has now that she’s a private citizen. NOPD says all executive protection security for former Mayor Cantrell was terminated…
By: Ashley Hamilton | wdsu.com | January 15, 2026 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — According to a new report from the New Orleans Office of the Inspector General, between Jan. 1 and July 31, 2025, the New Orleans Police Department reported more than $260,000 overtime hours. This cost the city more than $16.4 million. “We found that the…
By: Nolan McKendry | nolacitybusiness.com | December 10, 2025 New Orleans has cut major violent crime nearly in half over the past two years while sending more felony defendants to prison, according to a new report from the Metropolitan Crime Commission. From 2022 to 2024, reported homicides, nonfatal shootings, carjackings and armed robberies fell 55%,…
By: Gabby Killett | fox8live.com | December 4, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A motion filed in criminal court Thursday (Dec. 4) accuses New Orleans defense attorney Tanzanika Ruffin of defrauding her client and his family out of at least $250,000. The payments sent by a New York family to Ruffin included $66,000 in April,…
By: Chris Joseph | fox8live.com | November 24, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A Fox 8 investigation found the Orleans Parish Civil District Court paid $206,988.45 to send judges to conferences since 2021. Orleans Parish court records show Chief Judge Nicole Sheppard led all other judges in travel reimbursements from 2021-25, with $40,189.38. The records…
By: Rob Krieger & Dannah Sauer | fox8live.com | November 18, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) — The New Orleans Police Department has changed how officers clock in for overtime shifts following an investigation that found potential timesheet violations by high-earning officers. The order says, beginning immediately, NOPD officers working scheduled overtime shifts must clock in…
By: Rick Gogreve | wgno.com | November 13, 2025 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — With the New Orleans Police Department lacking hundreds of officers, the department is searching everywhere for recruits, and with New York City seeing a wave of officers leaving, the question is, would they come here for a change of scenery? Just last month,…
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…