Orleans Parish

The New Orleans Police Department calls "Operation Safe Summer" a success after 144 arrests. The joint law enforcement effort included NOPD, Crimestoppers, U.S. Marshals, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, Kenner Police Department, Louisiana...

After waiting nearly three months for her husband's death certificate a widow contacted WGNO for help, and as WGNO's Vanessa Bolano tells us, the certificate is finally in her hands. With her husband's death certificate in hand Gayle Alcorn is finally...

A new initiative by New Orleans police... aims to keep neighborhoods safer. It involves more personal interaction with the community. New Orleans police are parking their cars and beating the streets. They're going door to door, and meeting face to...

Patrick Williams could not control his emotions Monday night after a jury found him not guilty in a sex case dating back to 2008. Williams began weeping in the courtroom shortly after the verdict was read. Outside the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse,...

According the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office reports that an inmate died of natural causes on Wednesday.  Officials aren't releasing the name of the inmate right now, but they say he was playing basketball on the recreation yard when he died of...

A widow is trying to move forward after her husband's death, but she says she's in limbo, waiting on his death certificate. WGNO's Vanessa Bolano investigates. Gayle Alcorn relives the past through photographs, pausing from time to time, each time the...

As the Fourth of July weekend progresses, local fire and law enforcement officials are urging residents to attend professional, public fireworks displays in their towns rather than lighting fireworks themselves. Officials cite dry, drought conditions...

The Louisiana State Police Region I Criminal Investigative Division’s New Orleans Office located and arrested a fugitive from Hattiesburg, MS on a warrant for capital murder.           On Sunday, May 29, 2011, the Hattiesburg Police Department...

Neighbors on Music Street say pitbull mixes in a neighboring yard have been mistreated for years. Anonymous residents tell WGNO News the dogs whine and cry out of hunger, are always tethered, left outside no matter the weather and are part of groups of...

The days of Orleans Parish Prison are numbered. Thursday night, the New Orleans City Council voted to move forward with building a significantly smaller jail. Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the nation. In New Orleans, it's even higher....

NOPD Fatality Detectives are investigating a fatality that left a 26-year-old man dead.  The name of the victim has not been released pending notification of family members.  The accident occurred shortly after 6:00 A.M., near the intersection of...

Sheriff Newell Normand reports, from the time period beginning in late January 2011 until late March 2011, a series of armed robberies occurred at businesses mostly in Jefferson Parish. However, there was an occurrence that did take place in Orleans...