Chad Calder

The northern eyewall of Hurricane Milton has begun moving onshore of the Florida gulf coast near Tampa and St. Petersburg, the National Hurricane Center said just after 6 p.m. Wednesday.

A loud, racing sound some compared to a jet engine roared in parts of the New Orleans area for several minutes Wednesday night after a steam valve opened at Entergy's Nine Mile Point plant in Bridge City.

Traffic backed up at least a mile on Interstate 10 over the Bonnet Carré Spillway Friday night after a vehicle fire forced the eastbound span of the bridge to close.

A woman was shot and killed on Bridgehampton Drive in Seabrook Wednesday night, the New Orleans Police Department said.

The first day of early voting saw record turnout in the parts of the Greater New Orleans area as voters showed up to cast their ballots in the U.S. presidential primary election.

An Amite man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office.

A Kentwood man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the rape of a juvenile, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office.

A woman climbed into an ambulance near Ozanam Inn Tuesday night while paramedics treated a patient in the back and drove off, the New Orleans Police Department said.

A 14-year-old home-school student was arrested Wednesday night and is accused of sending threatening text messages to students who attend a Covington-area private school, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office said.

Hurricane Rafael has left Cuba heading west into the Gulf of Mexico as a Category 2 storm, though it is increasingly looking like it won't have a major impact on