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Entergy reporting outages in Harahan, Avondale and Waggaman
HARAHAN, La. — More than 600 people had their power knocked out by storms in Jefferson Parish Friday afternoon. Entergy customers in Waggaman, Avondale, and Harahan are reporting outages. The area is under a Flood Advisory until 4:45 p.m. It is unclear when power will be restored. To check...
State Police seeking hit-and-run suspect after pedestrian killed in Jefferson Parish
A 37-year-old Metairie woman is dead, and State Police troopers are searching for the driver who hit her before fleeing the scene Thursday night. Authorities identified the victim as Sue Ella Cechman. She was injured while trying to cross Jefferson Highway near Claiborne Court in Old Jefferson, according to Trooper Jacob Pucheu, spokesperson for State Police Troop B.
Marrero man pleads guilty after 20-year-old gunned down at Harvey gas station
Two years after a 20-year-old music engineer was shot and killed when he stepped out of his vehicle at a Brother's Food Mart in Harvey, his accused killer has pleaded guilty in the case, according to Jefferson Parish Court records. Kentrell Perkins, 21, of Marrero, was sentenced to a total...
Slidell woman arrested, accused of embezzling funds from Mississippi elementary school parent organization
SLIDELL, La. — The Slidell Police Department has arrested a woman accused of embezzling from an elementary school parent-teacher organization. According to police, officers helped the Picayune School District Police Department arrest Angela Moody, 46, of Slidell. Moody is accused of embezzling over $16,000 from the Roseland Park Elementary...
Judge rejects death penalty challenge in accused priest killer case
COVINGTON, La. (WVUE) - A St. Tammany judge on Friday (Aug. 16) rejected several defense motions in the case against Antonio Tyson, the man accused of killing Father Otis Young and church assistant Ruth Prats. The two were reported missing just hours before authorities found their bodies “burned beyond recognition”...
Tensions lead to walkout by Orleans Parish prosecutors
NEW ORLEANS — It is often said that the wheels of justice turn slowly. At New Orleans criminal court on Friday, that old adage was taken a step further and those wheels came to a grinding stop. In the middle of the morning docket, the District Attorney's office staged a mass walk-out, briefly pulling all its prosecutors from the building.
I-10 East reopened between Baton Rouge and New Orleans after overturned 18-wheeler
GARYVILLE - Interstate 10 East between Baton Rouge and New Orleans reopened Saturday morning after an overturned 18-wheeler caused and early-morning shutdown. The crash, less than a mile east of the La. Hwy 641 exit, happened around 6:15 a.m. and kept the road closed for about three hours. Law enforcement...
Occupational and Integrative Medicine (OIM) cuts ribbon on new location
LAFAYETTE, La. (KADN) — There's a new healthcare clinic serving Acadiana. The ribbon was cut at Occupational and Integrative Medicine in Lafayette on Thursday, August 15, at its new location on Southpark Road.
A New York bettor has made a large wager on the Saints to win the Super Bowl at 80-1
Super Bowl LIX takes place in the Caesars Superdome on February 9, 2025. However, the hometown New Orleans Saints aren't expected to be one of the teams playing in that game. The Saints are +8000 to win the Super Bowl at Caesars Sportsbook but that didn't stop one bettor in New York from wagering $4,000 on New Orleans to win it all. If the Saints shock the world on February 9, that bettor would take home $320,000.
Saints QB Jake Haener's doctor wanted him to miss practice. He got more stitches instead.
Jake Haener knows how important this offseason is for him and his NFL career, so when his doctor made the suggestion that he should miss a full week of practice due to a facial procedure to remedy skin cancer, he ended that conversation with a look.
Community groups call for transparency in investigation into death of Lafayette police officer
After a July 25 hostage situation and standoff in Iberia Parish led to the death of a Lafayette Police officer, civil rights groups and community activists are calling for more transparency in the investigation. Groups are urging the Lafayette Police Department and Lafayette Mayor-President Monique Boulet to release body camera...
Deputies searching for man who stole $600 in laundry detergent from Gonzales Dollar General
GONZALES — Deputies are searching for a man accused of stealing about $600 worth of laundry detergent from a Gonzales Dollar General. Deputies said the man was seen near a black Buick sedan at the Dollar General on La. 74. Anyone with information that could help identify this the...
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