Cloudy and muggy Saturday with showers likely; heavy downpours and abnormally high tides could produce ponding on low-lying streets.

A Prairieville babysitter was booked on negligent homicide after a 3‑year‑old drowned in a backyard pool. Investigators say surveillance shows about 20 minutes passed with no supervision.

A 50-year-old woman was killed at a Chevron on U.S. 190 in Hammond after suspects fired up to 80 rounds into her parked car.

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.

The Judiciary Commission filed four new ethics counts against 7th Judicial District Judge John Reeves after a May suspension over a $100 gratuity; an August hearing is set.

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.

St. Tammany's Lacombe shelter says it is housing 200+ dogs in a 120-dog facility; adoptions and fosters are urgently needed and fees for older dogs are waived.

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.

Chef Michael Stoltzfus says Coquette will close after nearly 18 years. The Garden District mainstay will serve its last regular meal June 26 with a final event June 27.