NOPD issued a BOLO after an alleged firearm threat on the 7000 block of Bunker Hill Road; a warrant is on file and Seventh District detectives are asking for tips.

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.

Three people were injured early Tuesday in the Hoffman Triangle near Washington Avenue; police say the suspect was also wounded and the case is under investigation.

A Washington Parish judge handed Hakheim Young life without parole after a jury convicted him in the January 2024 Bogalusa High School parking‑lot shooting. The attack killed a 14‑year‑old and wounded two others.

Ben Strohl is listed as acting principal at Lyon Elementary as the district reorganizes leadership after multiple staff faced criminal charges earlier this year.

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.

Police found skeletal remains in Algiers near Delgado's West Bank campus; the Orleans Parish Coroner has the remains and homicide detectives are investigating.

Police say two people were shot late July 25 on Carondelet Street near Canal and Bourbon in the New Orleans CBD. Both were taken to the hospital and detectives are seeking tips and video.

NOPD is investigating an armed robbery in St. Claude after a man was forced from his vehicle near Clouet and Marais. Detectives are asking anyone with video or tips to come forward.

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.

A 19-year-old Hammond resident died after a head-on hit-and-run on LA 1045 near Courtney Lane; police say the other driver later turned himself in and was booked.

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.