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The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office has been running a program since October 2009 that allows individuals convicted of non-violent crimes to avoid incarceration. The New Orleans Day Reporting Center involves 2 levels of

An oil spill flowing from a breached pipeline into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan was reported earlier this week and is now estimated to have released 800,000 gallons into the surrounding areas prompting the declaration of a

For the second night in a row, the NOPD will be enforcing a sobriety checkpoint from 9PM to 5AM, this time in the Algiers area. No details are available with regard to the exact location of the checkpoint at this time....

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that a sobriety checkpoint will be in place in the Uptown area tonight from 9PM to 5AM. No details are available with regard to the exact location of the...

This month, New Orleans saw the addition of nine Traffic Enforcement Cameras to the already dozens in place throughout the city. This means that local drivers must be ever more vigilant about speeding and obeying traffic...

The New Orleans Hornets introduced their new General Manager, Dell Demps this afternoon at a press conference held at Emeril’s Delmonico. Demps, who is well regarded as a result of his work with the San Antonio Spurs off...

Last week the Kenner City Council voted against having Kenner bars close between 2 and 6 a.m. The argument for regulating hours of local bars originally came from Police Chief Steve Caraway, who cited public safety concerns...

In the wake of U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman’s decision to lift the ban on offshore drilling established by President Obama, supporters of the moratorium have raised concern about whether the judge should have recused

Nineteen-year NOPD veteran, Michael Roussel, was arrested Tuesday night by the FBI for suspicion of wire fraud.  Sheila Thorne, who spoke on behalf of the FBI, did not go into any further detail on the arrest.  The FBI was

A man accused of setting the Fuel Zone off Chef Menteur Highway was arrested Tuesday morning after the cashier shot at him. Michael Collins allegedly walked into the Fuel Zone wearing a motorcycle helmet, lit a bottle with...

Amid intense scrutiny of the NOPD’s use of excessive force, another brutal incident occurred Sunday night that resulted in the death of a 17 year-old. Jamyrin Points was shot 12 times, all in the back of his body, after

On Friday, five former and current NOPD officers were indicted in the Henry Glover case, which occurred a few days following Katrina. Glover was allegedly shot by former officer David Warren in Algiers on September 2, 2005...

BP executives tried to defend their actions on Wednesday at the State Capitol during a hearing about the unresolved issues resulting from the oil spill. Fingers were pointed at BP and also the federal government for a lack of

Last week, the U.S. attorney’s office charged five men for taking part in the trafficking of over 200 pounds of marijuana. Through special investigations by the Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA, and help from an inside...

On Wednesday, the Orleans Parish Criminal Sherriff Marlin Gusman announced the new plans following a call for mandatory evacuation in the city of New Orleans. The prisoners detained at Orleans Parish Prison will be...

Following the FBI’s uniform crime report, which was released in the latter days of May, New Orleans ranked at the top for the highest murder rate per capita in the country. With the use of the most recent data from the...

In April of 2007, the Massachusetts v EPA case ended with the Supreme Court acknowledging the man made phenomenon, Global Warming. This helped inspire several Mississippi Coast residents to file suit against numerous energy...

On June 1st, the Supreme Court of the United States drastically limited the Miranda rights of those detained by the police in Berghuis v. Thompkins, 08-1470. In a 5-4 decision, the Court ruled that an individual must verbally