East Jefferson General Hospital has performed the Gulf South’s first single-port robotic lung cancer surgery, using one small incision instead of several.

Bryan Bresee could be lost for the season with a feared torn ACL reported as Saints camp opened Wednesday.

Two men were arrested after a 29‑week pregnant woman died at a Gretna motel; toxicology shows fentanyl and methamphetamine, authorities say.

A Ponchatoula man was sentenced to 30 years at hard labor after pleading guilty in a 2024 Hammond fentanyl overdose. Investigators say the pills were traced back to him.

An inmate was found dead inside his cell at the Orleans Justice Center Monday morning. OPSO and NOPD are investigating while the coroner examines the death.

A 3-year-old Monterey child was killed after a Can‑Am ATV struck a tree on LA‑909; two others were injured and state police are investigating.

A Gulfport mother was sentenced to life after pleading guilty to first‑degree murder when investigators found her son’s body hidden behind a false wall. Prosecutors say she used forged letters and staged messages to cover the crime.

Livingston Parish deputies arrested a Marrero woman they say used AI-generated nude images and fake accounts to extort multiple people; investigators seized devices and are probing overseas leads.

A Baton Rouge grand jury declined to charge Thomas Franklin in the 2023 hunting death of Jacob Altazan, leaving friends and investigators with unanswered questions.

Hammond police arrested 30 people in a weekend sweep — 15 were teens and two handguns were seized as the city steps up patrols after recent shootings.

Interim Slidell police chief Daniel Seuzeneau has launched a bid for St. Tammany Parish sheriff, stepping into a race opened by Randy Smith’s resignation.

Quoc and Amanda Nguyen were named Oshun's 31st king and queen; the selection is being billed as the first time an Asian American king and queen will reign together in a New Orleans krewe.

Federal regulators reached a $103,449.50 settlement with Mosaic and Tampa Port after anhydrous ammonia releases at the Faustina plant exposed workers and prompted new oversight.