Major Raymond Burkart Jr., a 57‑year NOPD veteran, was terminated on June 6. The department has not detailed the reason; civil‑service appeal options remain.

Kenner Fire Department says crews are fighting a commercial-structure fire in the 1300 block of Danville Street. Officials have asked people to avoid the area while suppression work continues.

A Shreveport man admitted in federal court that he failed to update his sex‑offender registration between Sept. 2024 and Jan. 2026, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty in Muskogee and faces federal penalties under SORNA.

Four men tied to last year’s OJC jailbreak were returned to the Orleans Justice Center Monday after the state cited bed and transport shortages.

A New Orleans man was arrested after a fatal shooting in St. George; investigators say the stolen vehicle was tracked to LaPlace and a weapon was recovered.

Cloudy and muggy Saturday with showers likely; heavy downpours and abnormally high tides could produce ponding on low-lying streets.

A body was pulled from Lake Pontchartrain Friday near the 8000 block of Lakeshore Drive; the Orleans Parish Coroner will identify the person after an autopsy.

Two Morgan City men were arrested in connection with a Nov. 12 Franklin burglary that investigators say took more than $25,000. A third suspect remains wanted.

Eleven years after Kaylan Ward was found dead on I‑10, the case remains unsolved as police name a person of interest and Crimestoppers raises the reward.

NOPD will outline a crackdown on illegal street takeovers at a 1:30 p.m. news conference after viral videos showed dangerous stunts across the city.

State police say detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting near Crowley that left one person hospitalized. Authorities are processing the scene and asking witnesses to come forward.

A new analysis of 307 U.S. hurricane landfalls since 1851 shows southeast Louisiana — from Lafourche to Plaquemines — has been hit far more often than most of the country.

A New Orleans man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2022 Ninth Ward killing of Jarrod Miles after prosecutors linked him to surveillance and forensic evidence.