Jesuit High School of New Orleans reached a seven-figure settlement in a decades-old abuse lawsuit, filed days before the case was set to go to trial.

A body was pulled from Lake Pontchartrain Friday near the 8000 block of Lakeshore Drive; the Orleans Parish Coroner will identify the person after an autopsy.

Two Morgan City men were arrested in connection with a Nov. 12 Franklin burglary that investigators say took more than $25,000. A third suspect remains wanted.

A man wanted in the Oct. Liberty Street slaying was arrested in Dallas and returned to Jackson; he was denied bond at his first court appearance on a capital murder charge.

Anthony Bakewell resigned from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office after local reporting highlighted a civil‑service ruling that upheld his NOPD firing for harassment and payroll irregularities.

Agents say about 6,000 carisoprodol pills were seized at a Metairie apartment and a man was arrested after a federal‑state probe into illegal importation.

State police say 43-year-old Hilton John Hebert III suffered a medical emergency while in Morgan City police custody and later died; detectives are asking witnesses to share tips.

Act 116 (HB 76) requires jails to notify law enforcement and victims when an inmate is mistakenly released. The change responds to last summer’s jail escape and a bungled release in New Orleans.

Eleven years after Kaylan Ward was found dead on I‑10, the case remains unsolved as police name a person of interest and Crimestoppers raises the reward.

A Bridge City juvenile‑center teacher was booked after video and witnesses allege he put a detained youth in a chokehold. He faces counts of malfeasance, cruelty to a juvenile and simple battery.

NOPD will outline a crackdown on illegal street takeovers at a 1:30 p.m. news conference after viral videos showed dangerous stunts across the city.

A 65‑year‑old Kenner man died after an e‑bike and car collided at Loyola Drive and West Esplanade; police say the rider entered the intersection against a red light.

Federal prosecutors say Amanda Clayborne-Williams sought about $1.3M in pandemic relief and received roughly $447K, which she allegedly spent on personal expenses. She’s been charged with wire fraud and tax evasion.