Crews quickly knocked down multiple vehicle fires at a Manheim auction near Brownsvillage Road in Slidell; no injuries were reported and the cause is under investigation.

Officials say murders are down roughly 29% YTD as 27 recruits joined the NOPD; leaders credit targeted enforcement, technology pilots and community programs.

A Pierre Part man was arrested Wednesday and booked on three felony counts after detectives secured a December complaint alleging repeated abuse of a child under 14.

Olde Towne Slidell has been transformed into a holiday set for Netflix's A Christmas Kind of Love; storefronts are dressed and shops say they'll stay open amid brief closures.

Providence Community Housing will break ground April 8 on 103 affordable senior apartments at the former B.W. Cooper site on Erato Street.

NOPD has a warrant for Evin 'Bowleg' Murthil after a home invasion on Encampment Street. Police say the suspect entered through a window and fled in a black SUV.

A 37-year-old LaPlace man died Monday after his vehicle left I‑55 and struck a closed weigh station near Highway 1050, state police said.

A federal indictment charges a New Orleans man in a Jan. 19 Bywater arson spree that included the torching of a Bywater Bakery delivery van.

Bevi Seafood is back this spring as a weekend crawfish and daiquiri pop-up at the former Avo on Magazine Street.

A Ponchatoula man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 40 years in the 2020 execution-style killing of Slidell waitress Brooke Buchler; a co-defendant faces an April 9 hearing.

More than 20 rabbits were abandoned near a Broad Street dealership; rescues are racing to trap, vaccinate and spay them while fundraising to cover care.

Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Seabrook park on March 20; suspects fled in three cars and detectives are asking for tips and video.

A Jefferson Parish jury convicted former NOPD officer Larry King Jr. of simple battery while acquitting him on five felony counts.