NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Embattled Orleans Parish Susan Hutson announced Tuesday evening (May 20) that she is “temporarily” ...

A longtime Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office supervisor tells Fox 8 investigators that understaffing and protocol violations were responsible for Friday’s escape of 10 inmates and the fact that the ...

During Katrina, the intersection of the Intracoastal Waterway and the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet acted like a giant “V” to funnel storm surge into New Orleans East and St. Bernard Parish.

PONCHATOULA, La. (WVUE) - An old rusting train engine tells the history of Ponchatoula and its boomtown days as a lumber town. Engine No. 3 also stirs childhood memories for some people who, years ago ...

A less humid front will arrive early Wednesday through Wednesday evening. A few spotty showers are likely with some getting ...

A cold front on Wednesday morning will bring a brief break in the heat. Showers are possible, and coastal storms will develop ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man died by suicide late Tuesday night (May 20) after breaking into the former home of Fox 8. New Orleans police responded to the station’s former newsroom in the 1000 block of ...

Dozens of family and loved ones united Tuesday (May 20) in Behrman Park in Algiers for prayers and a balloon release for 9-year-old Lee’lani Brooks. Brooks was the victim of a shootout outside of her ...

A law enforcement source told Fox 8 that the latest fugitive caught is Corey Boyd, an escapee who had briefly been spotted last Friday hours after the jailbreak on a French Quarter surveillance camera ...

The capture of a fourth escapee from the Orleans Parish jail on Monday (May 19) was itself captured on a surveillance camera. Authorities tracked down 21-year-old Gary Price at a home in New Orleans ...

The maintenance worker arrested after 10 inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail says he only helped because he was threatened.