Two Acadia Parish mothers were booked on cruelty-to-juvenile charges after deputies say they gave meth and other drugs to their children. Investigators and child-welfare workers are involved.

Terrebonne Parish SVU detectives say digital evidence led to the arrest of 28‑year‑old Joseph Oliver Ellis on charges including computer‑aided solicitation of a minor.

A New Orleans day care worker was sentenced to five years after pleading guilty to burning a 6‑month‑old’s hand in a bottle warmer. Surveillance footage and medical reports show second‑degree scalds.

Rayne police arrested Joseph Anthony Roy Jr. after a search linked to a deadly overdose turned up meth, cocaine, a 9mm and evidence officers say ties the drugs to a fatality.

Multiple officers investigated outside a Metairie residence near North Elm and Market on Tuesday; authorities have been contacted and details remain limited.

NOFD crews fought a structure fire in Central City near MLK Jr. Blvd and S. Robertson St.; thick smoke was visible downtown and the cause remains under investigation.

A man wanted in a New Orleans murder was arrested Tuesday in the 18500 block of Timber Forest Drive in northeast Harris County. Precinct 4 deputies and U.S. Marshals took him into custody without incident.

A 47-year-old motorcyclist, Paris Harris, died Monday after his motorcycle struck a Hyundai on Barataria Boulevard, state police say.

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff's Office seeks help finding Ramon Patterson Jr., 21, wanted on felony drug and aggravated flight warrants.

A brush fire burned Sunday in the woods north of the railroad tracks near Levee and Whitley roads in Des Allemands, parish officials posted.

A 65-year-old detainee arrested on a DWI was found unresponsive in his Slidell City Jail cell. Police have opened a full investigation and the coroner will perform an autopsy.

NOPD is investigating an armed robbery on Loyola Avenue after two suspects demanded wallets following an attempt to buy a firearm for $200. Investigators say the pair fled the scene.

A woman walking near Chef Menteur Highway in the Plum Orchard neighborhood was struck and killed Sunday evening. New Orleans police say the driver remained on scene.