Lawmakers set up a dedicated Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund for the Amite River Basin, funneling sand severance revenues into local restoration and flood‑risk projects. Officials say the modest pot could unlock federal matches for basin‑scale work.

NOPD posted that city traffic fatalities are down about 40% compared with 2025 and honored members of its Traffic Division. City crash dashboards and annual datasets will show whether the drop holds.

NOPD released a photo of a man accused of posing as a contractor and defrauding an elderly homeowner in the 1000 block of Horace Street. Detectives are asking neighbors to check cameras and call with tips.

Yaya's in Kenner folds tom yum and pad Thai into an American-style steakhouse menu. Expect tom yum pizza, drunken noodles and rotating 'Adventure Mondays' specials.

Police are investigating after a woman was shot near Iberville and Royal in the French Quarter; EMS took her to a hospital and details remain limited.

Fête Brewing, founded by David LaFranca, is opening a Colorado‑inspired taproom at 1001 Savoy Rd in Youngsville with a seven‑barrel system and house beers served on‑site.

A new law will fold Jean Lafitte’s independent levee board into the West Bank flood authority, shifting project control, appointments and liability ahead of an Aug. 1 takeover.

An 18‑year‑old Mandeville High graduate drowned while tubing on the Bogue Chitto River; friends held a lakeshore vigil and services are scheduled for June 18.

Councilman Joey LaHatte filed a June 11 resolution to restore 2% annual raises for Kenner firefighters, require cancer-screening reports and push mediation in pay-plan litigation.

A New Orleans man pleaded guilty to multiple federal drug and gun charges after an ATF sting and a May 2024 search that reportedly turned up drugs, 14 guns and more than $10,000. Sentencing is set for Sept. 17, 2026.

A Forrest County correctional officer was arrested in Covington on felony child‑exploitation charges and was extradited to Louisiana, police say.

A Northwestern professor and four other diabetes researchers were escorted from the ADA Scientific Sessions in New Orleans after distributing reprints of a Diabetes Care editorial critical of proposed NIH policy changes.

Walmart and Wing named New Orleans among seven new markets to get drone deliveries as part of a coast‑to‑coast buildout aiming to reach 40 million shoppers by 2027.