Judge delays Marinello trial four months
Jefferson Parish Judge Conn Regan granted a continuance motion in the murder trial of former New Orleans broadcaster Vince Marinello. The new trial date is set for September 15. It was to have started Monday in Lafayette.
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Spurs 110 Hornets 99
The San Antonio Spurs have bounced back from a pair of losses at New Orleans to beat the Hornets 110-99 in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals. Tony Parker scored 31 points and had 11 assists to help the Spurs avoid falling behind 0-3 in thesecond ...Read More
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Energy Department changes focus on gas prices
Gas prices in the New Orleans area could go up this summer, even higher than expected.
Louisiana Triple A's Mike Right says as recently as this week, the U.S. Department of Energy raised it's forecast of what gasoline prices might be going into the summer driving season ...Read More
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DA office staffers fired over pay advances
Two supervisors in the Orleans Parish district attorney's child support enforcement division have been fired for giving employees in the division salary advances.
Val Solino, the office's first assistant, says the advances, which ranged from a couple hundred dollars to $2,000, have been repaid to the office ...Read More
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Silver anniversary of Mothers' Day at the zoo
For twenty-five years, Grammy Award winner Irma Thomas has serenaded generations of family members on Mothers' Day at Audubon Zoo. This Sunday, Irma Thomas & The Professionals will take to that stage again at 2:30 ...Read More
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Sudden Impact!
The Saints 2008 Season gets underway this weekend out on Airline Drive as fifty-seven new faces will audition for Sean Payton and his staff during Rookie Mini-Camp. Six draftees, sixteen undrafted free agents and thirty-five non-roster tryout invitees will all be in the fold for five practices.
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Survey shows people optomistic about New Orleans
A recent survey of registered voters done by pollster Vern Kennedy shows that people are more optomistic this year about how the city is doing than those surveyed last year.
Kennedy says last year his survey showed that 60 percent of those polled saidthe city was on the wrong track and not doing better ...Read More
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Prosecutors no longer seek judge removal in police shootings
Prosecutors have abandoned an effort to remove the judge in the case of six New Orleans police officers and one former officer charged in the shootings of six people in the chaotic days following Hurricane Katrina ...Read More
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Tax cut vote on Monday
A House committee won't vote until next week on a proposal to eliminate Louisiana's income tax.
Representative Hunter Greene, chairman of the House's tax committee, said the vote will come on Monday, so that members will be able to assess the coming revenue from the energy industry ...Read More
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Marinello prosecutors not against trial delay
Jefferson parish prosecutors say they have no objection to delaying former broadcaster Vince Marinello's murder trial.
In papers filed Thursday, prosecutors explain why they were late in providing evidence to the defense team. That evidence, which includes an 18-month-old DNA report prosecutors received only two weeks ago, led Marinello's attorneys to ask the judge to put off the trial.
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Marinello hearing on motion for delay
A Jefferson Parish Judge holds a hearing today to decide if there will be another delay in the trial for New Orleans broadcaster Vince Marinello.
The defense says they need more time to look over evidence that prosecutors just recently turned over ...Read More
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Local tourism officials fear slowdown due to fuel prices
The rising prices of gasoline, diesel, and aircraft fuel has local officials worried that tourism could take a hit.
Mary Beth Romig with the Metropolitan Convention and Visitor's Bureau says it's yet another challenge the area faces in the post-Katrina world ...Read More
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LSU baseball fans say good-bye to an old friend this weekend
You may have heard this is the final season for one of the most legendary stadium's in the world, Yankee Stadium. Well, college baseball's equivalent to the House that Babe Ruth built is also calling it a career ...Read More
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Vitter won't face Senate ethics investigation
The Senate Ethics Committee declined today to investigate Louisiana Senator David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide ...Read More
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Saints rookie camp set to start
The New Orleans Saints' on-field preparations for the 2008 season begin in earnest this weekend as six draft choices and 16 undrafted free agents arrive for rookie camp.
The players are slated to arrive Thursday evening and practice five times over the weekend at the team's Metairie headquarters ...Read More
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Chevron completes move from New Orleans to Covington
Chevron Corporation has vacated its downtown New Orleans building to take up new quarters near Covington.
Chevron announced in 2006, after Hurricane Katrina, that it would move its regional headquarters across Lake Pontchartrain -- a continuation in atrend that has seen the oil industry move out of the city, typically for Houston ...Read More
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Streetcar sculptures make their debut
Brightly decorated streetcar sculptures are starting to appear all over town. It's the Young Leadership Council's "Streetcar Named Inspire" public art project. Many of them in New Orleans. Some are already in place There is one on the Julia Street pedestrian mall near Harrah's ...Read More
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Powerball winner kept working after winning huge jackpot
We now know a 73-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman are the holders of the $97 million Powerball ticket sold in Metairie in January.
"Fortunately I was in the right place at the right time," Carl Hunter said ...Read More
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Metaire couple comes forward to claim Powerball prize
A winner has come forward to claim the $97 million Powerball prize won on a ticket sold in Metairie. Lottery officials say the winners are a couple from Metairie: Carl and Diane Hunter. Carl is 73 years old, Diane is 62. They had the winning ticket verified Thursday.
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Gas price hikes return
The price at the pump has started to jump again.
After holding tight over the past week, the pressures of higher oil prices are taking their toll.
AAA says the average cost of regular set a new record high today of more than $3 ...Read More
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NOPD officer booked with DWI
A New Orleans police officer has been suspended from duty after being booked with DWI following a May 1st collision with a Causeway Police car on the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.
State police say officer Roy Caballero was driving his personal vehicle north on the bridge about five miles from the Metairie shoreline when his pickup swerved from the right lane into the left lane and into the Causeway cruiser's path ...Read More
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Hometown Hornets fans can join Honeybees to watch game
No need to be down just because tonight's Hornets game is nearly 550 miles away. The team has you covered. The Hornets are hosting a pair of playoff watch parties tonight, one on each side of the lake ...Read More
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Income tax elimination up for vote
The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled today to hear a Senate bill that phases out Lousiana's personal income taxes within ten years. Governor Bobby Jindal says he'll sign the bill if lawmakers make substantial cuts in state spending to offset the billions in tax revenues that would be lost if income taxes are ended ...Read More
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Jefferson asks public to help fight West Nile carrying mosquitoes
With tests of mosquitoes coming back positive for potentially deadly diseases, the Jefferson Parish mosquito control program has kicked into high gear. It includes various methods to reduce the population of skeeters carrying diseases like West Nile Virus ...Read More
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Hornets look to steal game in San Antonio
New Orleans Hornets point guard Chris Paul has turned 23 and had a low-key birthday.
The big surprise party might happen tomorrow night, if Paul and his team beat the defending champion San Antonio Spurs yet again ...Read More
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Gas prices up and so are the number of scooter riders
Gas prices in the New Orleans are pushing $3.55 for a gallon of regular unleaded, and some people are opting not to pay those prices, but go for a cheaper ride.
Zack Materne works at a motorcycle and scooter shop in the CBD and says his sales have gone up ...Read More
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Corps expects to complete Spillway closure
Twenty-six days after it was opened to relieve pressure on downriver levees, the US Army Corps of Engineers may close the final 30 open bays of the Bonnet Carre Spillway Thursday.
The decision will depend on a number of factors, including water flow and current river stages ...Read More
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NOPD honors fallen heroes today
A ceremony in front of the New Orleans Police Headquarters this morning at 10 will honor two officers killed in the last year.
Officer Thelonius Dukes, killed in 2007 in a home invasion, and Officer Nicola Cotton, killed in January, will be honored ...Read More
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Mandeville mayor involved in incident on Causeway
Mandeville Mayor Eddie Price was ticketed on Tuesday for an incident that occurred two weeks ago. According to Causeway Police Chief Felix Loicano, the Mayor drove through a lowered gate of the north toll plaza of the causeway...Read More
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Jindal pushes savings for new money
The state's revenue forecasting panel hasn't revised its income projections yet, but Governor Bobby Jindal has an idea of what he wants lawmakers to do with any extra money.
The Revenue Estimating Conference meets on Friday ...Read More
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Metaire Powerball winner?
It appears a winner has come forward to claim the $97 million Powerball prize won on a ticket sold in Metairie. Lottery officials say the supposed winner has made arrangements to get the winning ticket verified Thursday.
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Jazz Fest produces record numbers for airport
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival produced four of the top 10 busiest days at the city's major airport since Hurricane Katrina.
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House committee advances bill raising insurance minimums
A state House committee has passed a bill that would raise the mininum insurance coverage Louisiana motorists must carry on their vehicles.
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Tulane fraternity charter suspended amid hazing allegations
An attorney says more than 10 fraternity pledges at Tulane University were burned with hot water and pepper spray during a ``hell night'' initiation.
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Defense seeks delay for Marinello trial
Attorneys for former broadcaster Vince Marinello have asked a Jefferson Parish judge to push back Monday's start date for their client's second degree murder trial.
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Ten charged in alleged hazing at Tulane frat
New Orleans Police say ten members of a fraternity at Tulane University have been charged with second degree battery in an alleged hazing incident.
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Teen drowns at Covington park
Covington Police say a 15 year old boy drown Tuesday afternoon while swimming in the Bogue Falaya River.
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Senate passes ban on texting while driving
The Louisiana State Senate voted Tuesday to approve a bill that bans motorists from text messaging while driving.
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House committee advances repeal of helmet law
The Louisiana House Transportation committee Tuesday approved legislation that would repeal the state's mandatory motorcyle helmet law.
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Embattled Perrilloux could land at FCS school
Jacksonville State coach Jack Crowe has received permission to talk to former LSU quarterback Ryan Perrilloux.
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Man recently acquitted in high profile murder now wanted in shooting
New Orleans Police have named the teenager recently acquitted of fatally shooting a Hot 8 Brass Band member in 2006 as a suspect in a Sunday morning shooting on Canal Street.
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NOPD: Crime rate down in first quarter
The New Orleans Police Department released its crime statistics for the first quarter of 2008, which show a 19 percent decline in the per capita crime rate compared to the first three months of 2007.
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Police release suicide note left by "D.C. Madam"
The so-called ``D.C. Madam'' says in suicide notes that she couldn't bear to go to prison, and apologized to her mother and sister.
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