Faced with a troubling spike in juvenile crime in New Orleans, city officials and judges announced plans Wednesday to detain all young people who commit serious crimes and a summer jobs program ...

The moves come after New Orleans recently passed St. Louis as the nation’s murder capital, with a 78% spike in homicides this year as of Sept. 11 and a 121% jump in homicides over 2019, the ...

NEW ORLEANS– There’s been a spike in crime in New Orleans East and neighbors want something done about it. Folks living in New Orleans East are scared because they say crime is out of control.

In New Orleans, history has a way of repeating itself.And political infighting is nothing new — especially over public safety. Fifteen years ago the city was in a similar place, crime on the ...

Faced with a troubling spike in juvenile crime in New Orleans, city officials and judges announced plans Wednesday to detain all young people who commit serious crimes and a summer jobs program ...