Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

The search for a missing nonverbal 12-year-old boy has entered its fourth day. On Monday, bloodhounds from Angola were assigned to the search, which is now being handled by the New Orleans Police Department Special Victims Division. Police say Bryan Vasquez was discovered missing from his home on Beaucaire Street on Thursday morning.

The mother of an alleged victim of sex trafficking in New Orleans says the trauma her daughter endured makes it difficult for her to testify in a trial. One crime watchdog group says that puts prosecutors in a very difficult position.

A physical fight took place inside the Orleans Parish jail, Sheriff Susan Hutson said Monday. All the individuals involved received medical treatment and their conditions were being monitored, according to the sheriff's office.

Freight companies, port authorities and local politics created a perfect storm of opposition that took years of negotiation and $178 million in federal funding to resolve.

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — The New Orleans Nightmare haunted house will open on select nights from Sept. 20 through Nov. 8.

A former New Orleans Saints running back is hanging up his cleats. He joins a plethora of other Saints players to decide to walk away from the NFL this offseason, but he holds New Orleans near and dear to his heart as he does.

Another Saints free agent is off the market. The Minnesota Vikings are signing a former Saints running back just in time for their preseason finale: