The dog was on a leash and harness when the gator struck near the Gabriel Pumping Station, Kenner Police say.

Joleen Walls' 2006 Toyota 4Runner hit a culvert and utility pole before overturning near College Parkway.

A person was shot once early Sunday near Papani Drive and Chef Menteur Highway. Police haven't released a condition update or a motive.

A federal judge ordered Glennie Antonio McGee to pay a $10 million fine as prosecutors detailed a decade of cartel-linked trafficking in Mobile.

A 12-year-old, an 8-year-old and a newborn all tested positive for narcotics in a Rayne home, deputies say.

The crash at Clermont Boulevard and North Railroad Street marks yet another collision on the Mardi Gras route's troubled first year.

Anthony Green bolted as a gate opened at Orleans Justice Center — cameras and deputies caught him under a staircase before he got far.

A Jefferson Parish jury took less than two hours to convict Nathaniel Hernandez in Sara Torello's 2022 stabbing death and car burning.

A man shot in the head in Gentilly was rushed to a Westbank hospital by private vehicle, crossing parish lines before NOPD even knew.

The Home Bank on Magazine Street was hit again after a 2019 robbery there sent a man to federal prison for five years.

Brandon Coleman is accused of pocketing over $111,000 in fraudulent overtime pay while claiming to work 16-hour shifts.

Chester Baggett was last seen near a Florida Boulevard RV park before the alert went out — a possible sighting has since surfaced on Sharp Road.

The victim was rushed to the hospital after the 5:15 pm shooting but did not survive, police say. No suspect has been named.