NEW ORLEANS -- A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row has been released on bail Wednesday after his ...

Sheriff-Elect Michelle Woodfork said she doesn't know yet how much OPSO's budget will be cut. She may need to hire 40 additional deputies.

The NOLA Public Schools district received a B letter grade from the state, according to state data released Thursday.

New Orleans, the laid-back city known as the Big Easy and the birthplace of jazz, where lavish parades, bead-throwing ...

It's been nearly six months since 10 inmates escaped from the New Orleans jail, but it remains difficult to say exactly what ...

This story is part of Longing for Justice, a series that examines how the New Orleans criminal court is plagued by homicide case delays. Read more here. Louisiana is failing to swiftly admit criminal ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Authorities arrested three people, including a 64-year-old man being held in a New Orleans jail, for the abduction and alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old Louisiana girl who ...

The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to loosen regulations set just last year that would have significantly reduced the rates that prisoners, jail detainees and their loved ones pay to ...

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are 5-2 and sitting in a nice spot despite losing to the Detroit Lions on Monday night in a less-than-spectacular outing. The Buccaneers have had to fight tooth and nail to ...

Twenty years later, Hannibal Nicholls recounts what was going on in his life toward the end of August 2005. He was in college and was engaged to his fiancée. Then suddenly, he was in the Orleans ...