Missy Wilkinson

A New Orleans jury on Friday convicted an alleged serial rapist of one count of first-degree rape and acquitted him on another.

New Orleans has led a national decline in murders, but the Crescent City's most storied neighborhood is seeing a rise this year, leaving police stumped.Here's a look at the data, plus everything you need to know.

of 7 Once a perennial murder capital, New Orleans is now a model of success for an "extraordinary" drop in violent crime that the

There is a 70% chance a tropical depression could form in the Gulf of Mexico within the next week, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its 1 p.m. update on Saturday.

After two people were arrested with a pound of methamphetamine on Saturday, the New Orleans Fire Department responded to the scene on France Road and found what they believe is a meth lab, Capt.

The Orleans Justice Center. Nearly 200 people jailed at the Orleans Justice Center will be evacuated, and some low-level criminal suspects

As Tropical Storm Francine takes aim at Louisiana, how are residents of and visitors to the city's oldest and arguably most resilient neighborhood, the French Quarter, preparing?

Attorney General Liz Murrill on Wednesday criticized a decision by Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson's office to free low-level offenders from the jail this week as Hurricane Francine loomed.

New Orleans police are searching for a man they say flashed his weapon on Delgado Community College's City Park Avenue campus Friday.

of 4 City attorneys have asked a federal judge to stay a civil rights lawsuit recently filed against Mayor LaToya Cantrell by French