NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a girl who’s been missing since May. NOPD officers are searching for the 14-year-old Kristhal Chinchilla-Canizales, who was last seen on Wednesday, May 22 while on a day trip to a museum in Downtown New Orleans. Louisiana Gov. […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — FBI New Orleans officials are announcing the results of their latest collaborative effort to fight violent crime in the metropolitan area. Nearly 20 law enforcement agencies from St. Bernard Parish to St. John the Baptist Parish participated in Operation Clean House. The 16-day operation ended with 155 arrests and the confiscation […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The City of New Orleans has announced the opening of two cooling centers as people cope with the high temperatures. Those seeking shelter from the heat on Wednesday, June 26, were allowed to cool off inside the city’s Main Library on Loyola Avenue and the Central City Library on Jackson Avenue. […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a crash that left a person dead on Wednesday, June 19. The NOPD reported the crash happened on Interstate 610 West at Interstate 10 West near the Orleans/Jefferson parish border around 1:43 p.m. Two vehicles ram into levee police car in New […]
Join us as we make our way through New Orleans, uncovering all the jazz to take in, restaurants to try, shopping to peruse, museums to visit, and more. If you missed yesterday’s newsletter, start there, then come back and pick this one up. Day Two: Beignets are a must in New Orleans; think of them […]
To say New Orleans is our favorite city to travel to as a family would be an understatement. We absolutely love visiting and try to explore new-to-us areas every time we visit. When Explore Louisiana invited us to visit for a trip, we jumped at the chance. Sean, Tom, and I decided to […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — City workers cleared out makeshift tents under the Pontchartrain Expressway between Carondelet and Baronne streets, sending the unhoused people who were living there scrambling to grab any belongings they could. “Now they are making these folks throw the stuff away. You know, where they expect us homeless folks to go live,” says […]
Jun. 14—LITTLE ORLEANS — Jimmy Vance, a volunteer with the Orleans Volunteer Fire Department, was in a daze after a concrete block wall collapsed onto his head and upper back during a May 4 training exercise. “I was bent over when the blocks fell from the second floor,” said Vance. “I actually stood up and […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Greater New Orleans Foundation now has a new source of immediate disaster relief thanks to the establishment of the Gayle and Tom Benson Disaster Relief Fund and its $1.25 million toward the foundation. “Because of Mrs. Benson’s gift, we will not have to scramble so much to get started when disaster […]
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are looking to locate and identify a person who allegedly broke the hands off of a Jesus statue at a church on May 28. The NOPD reported a person climbed over the fence of a […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The 24-hour Auto and Tire Repair shop, located on North Claiborne Avenue in Tremé, was seized by police following a multi-month investigation led by the ATF and New Orleans Police Department. “It was a haven for criminal activity,” said Director of the District Attorney’s Office of Data-Informed Community Engagement Daniel Shanks. […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Officials with University Medical Center in New Orleans are asking for the public’s help in identifying an injured man. University Medical Center officials said the man has been in the hospital’s care since May 17 and had no identification when he was transported there. Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: What to expect […]