HIDEOUS HEAT & HURRICANE ERIN UPDATE (8.16.2025)

Lightning Storm in New Orleans

August 18, 2025, Top Headlines for New Orleans

LSU 82-year-old grandma lives and will die - purple & gold

24/7 patrol coverage of the French Quarter, funded by the “Quarter for the Quarter” sales tax, to supplement regular NOPD presence.

Special Victims Unit takes over investigation.

As the search for Bryan Vasquez reaches the 72 hour mark, NOPD turns the case over to the Special Victims Unit.

WGNO News at 5 p.m.

August 17, 2025, Top Headlines for New Orleans

Man found shot and killed near Marrero bar

Ponchatoula man arrested in child porn investigation

9th Ward ‘man down’ incident investigated as homicide

WGNO legal analyst Cliff Cardone talks Cantrell indictment