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A historic New Orleans cemetery will soon be off-limits to tourists on their own because of repeated tomb vandalism.Starting in March, entry to St. Louis…

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says a female whooping crane released about a year ago has been shot in Vermilion Parish and had to be…

Residents and businesses in the French Quarter will be holding a rally Tuesday in Jackson Square, calling for more police protection. They want action by…

The New Orleans Police Department set out this year to show that the city's 2013 homicide numbers, the lowest in nearly three decades, were not a…

French Quarter residents are warning people to walk in groups to avoid violent crime.They posted signs in the neighborhood that say, “Caution. Walk in…

A grand jury has indicted an Orleans Parish sheriff's deputy in connection with a stabbing inside Orleans Parish Prison.The Sheriff's Office said…

A LaPlace man has pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with damage claims from the 2010 Gulf oil spill.U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite's office says…

A trial date has been set for a civil rights case against state police who tackled two young African American men during last year’s Mardi Gras.The…

New Orleans police will lead the investigation into the death of an inmate at the Orleans Parish jail.NOPD spokesman Tyler Gamble says state police could…