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.

Police say a woman stabbed a child in the Seventh Ward after the child refused to go play in the heat. She faces a charge of aggravated battery by cutting.

Sgt. Henry Burke was terminated after an internal NOPD probe found payroll violations tied to an undercover investigation. The OIG and city audits say reforms have already cut overtime by millions.

Court records say inmates set fires and attacked deputies inside the Orleans Justice Center on July 5, prompting new arrests and renewed scrutiny of the jail. The incident adds to a string of recent blazes and stabbings at the facility.

A person was detained at the FBI's New Orleans lakefront office after arriving with a suspicious object; agents made the item safe and turned the case over to NOPD.

A Baton Rouge grand jury declined to charge Thomas Franklin in the 2023 hunting death of Jacob Altazan, leaving friends and investigators with unanswered questions.

Hammond police arrested 30 people in a weekend sweep — 15 were teens and two handguns were seized as the city steps up patrols after recent shootings.