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Top New Orleans news: Asian eels invade Bayou St. John; 40 bullets fly in drugstore shootout; more

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Published on June 28, 2019
Top New Orleans news: Asian eels invade Bayou St. John; 40 bullets fly in drugstore shootout; morePhoto: Bart Everson/flickr

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Invasive Asian swamp eels found in Bayou St. John

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has confirmed that an invasive species of eel was found in Bayou St. John.

Read the full story on WDSU News.

Man killed in New Orleans East shooting

Police say the victim was shot multiple times.

Read the full story on WWL.

Spillway north of New Orleans expected to close in July

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to begin closing a Mississippi River spillway north of New Orleans sometime in the second or third week of July. It was the first time the spillway's been opened twice in one year.

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.

'Suspicious' two-alarm fire burns down abandoned New Orleans home

The New Orleans Fire Department said the suspicious fire started around 11:33 p.m. in the 2600 block of General Taylor Street.

Read the full story on WWL.

40 bullets fly in CVS shootout over prescription pills

This intense police shootout at a CVS in New Orleans left one officer injured and two suspects captured.

Read the full story on New York Post.


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