Crime and Public Safety

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (340+ words) (The Center Square) – The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries on Friday reported that enforcement agents issued 141 citations for alleged dove hunting violations during the opening weekend of the 2026-27 dove hunting season, with most of the violations involving hunting over…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (467+ words) A federal appeals court on Sept. 9 questioned whether Louisiana, which has a near-total ban on abortion, has standing to force a nationwide return of in-person dispensing for abortion drug mifepristone, which patients can now obtain by telehealth and mail. A…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (975+ words) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill outside the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Todd Wessinger, the Louisiana death row inmate who appears closest to an execution date, has filed a lawsuit in Baton…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (358+ words) The New Orleans Police Department investigates a homicide in the 6800 block of Tara Lane on Sept. 3, 2026. New Orleans police are investigating after a man was killed Thursday afternoon in the West Lake Forest neighborhood. NOPD Deputy Superintendent Nicholas Gernon said…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (681+ words) New Orleans homicide detectives investigated killings in Gentilly Woods and West Lake Forest on Thursday afternoon that were reported just an hour and five miles apart. Combined with a fatal Bourbon Street shooting Monday night, the killings mark a rare…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (431+ words) New Orleans City Hall The New Orleans City Council on Thursday adopted rules aimed at holding city contractors accountable for failing to pay workers their fair share and other employer violations. The council added teeth to a five-year old “responsible…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1383+ words) Stephen Haedicke, left, and Richard Schroeder, right, attorneys for Leon Chunky Parker, leave federal court in New Orleans following a day of testimony in the trial of Sean Alfortish on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. Sylvia Alfortish and her son, Todd, right, chat…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (46+ words) The Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department are asking for the public’s help searching for a missing New Orleans man. The Louisiana State Police and the New Orleans Police Department are asking for the public's help searching…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (499+ words) (The Center Square) — Louisiana municipalities dominate a new national ranking of local governments that rely heavily on fines and forfeitures, with seven of the 10 most dependent cities in the country located in the state. The Reason Foundation analyzed audited 2023 financial…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (440+ words) Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has sued Express Scripts, adding another front to her campaign against the pharmacy benefit managers she blames for artificially driving up the price of prescription drugs. Murrill’s latest lawsuit, filed Monday in the federal Eastern…...