October 31 Escaped monkeys from Mississippi truck crash puts spotlight on NIH-funded Tulane lab Three monkeys remain at large after truck crash in Mississippi released 21 primates from Tulane University research program allegedly funded by NIH, sparking public safety concerns.
October 30 Louisiana GOP throws weight behind Turning Point USA chapter rejected by New Orleans university: 'injustice' Louisiana GOP offers support to Loyola University students after campus denied Turning Point USA chapter charter, calling decision an injustice that needs rectifying.
October 27 Turning Point USA chapter denied official status by Loyola University New Orleans student government Loyola University New Orleans student government rejects Turning Point USA chapter application, citing conflicts with Jesuit Catholic values in campus decision.
October 19 New Orleans couple digs up ancient Roman artifact in backyard, sets off worldwide mystery A New Orleans couple unearthed a 2,000-year-old Roman marble tablet in their garden, leading the FBI and history experts to solve a decades-old mystery from Italy.
October 8 Final New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves taken into custody after five-month manhunt Four-time convicted killer Derrick Groves was apprehended in Atlanta after five months on the run from the Orleans Parish Justice Center escape.
October 8 Police arrest last New Orleans prison escapee in Atlanta Fox News senior correspondent Jonathan Serrie has the latest on the arrest of New Orleans' final prison escapee on 'America Reports.'
October 7 TV weatherman arrested after allegedly punching girlfriend 'several times' while her kids were nearby A meteorologist in New Orleans was arrested on domestic abuse charges after he allegedly got into a fight with his girlfriend over the weekend.
September 4 New Orleans Democrats reject Trump's possible National Guard crime intervention President Trump proposes deploying National Guard troops to New Orleans to combat crime, but local Democrats push back, calling it "scare tactics."
September 4 I was lieutenant governor of Louisiana during Katrina. We can’t let Trump wreck FEMA Former Louisiana official warns Trump's dismantling of FEMA could repeat Hurricane Katrina failures as the emergency agency faces potential elimination
August 28 Missing New Orleans boy, 12, died after alligator attack, drowning: authorities Bryan Vasquez, a missing 12-year-old non-verbal boy in New Orleans, was killed by an alligator in a lagoon attack, according to authorities.