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Incredible video: Boat captain uses his cell phone to record his own Coast...
BELLE CHASSE, La. (WGNO) -- Coast Guard crews based in Belle Chasse often provide dramatic video of their recues in the Gulf of Mexico. But their latest mission was recorded by one of the people who...
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Tom Benson’s wife Gayle testifies, both speak with reporters
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- The wife of Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, Gayle Benson, spend Wednesday afternoon testifying in her husband's competency trial. The trial is closed to the public and...
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Benson says kids ‘turned against’ him as testimony ends in competency trial
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Testimony is over in the Tom Benson competency trial. Both sides left the courthouse Friday afternoon following closing arguments. A ruling is expected to come no later than...
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Gov Jindal presidential announcement coming Wednesday, protest planned
METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) -- If Governor Jindal follows through and is successful on his political ambitions, the next oath he takes could be for president. In May, Jindal announced he would form an...
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Author makes argument for keeping New Orleans’ confederate statues
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Bernie Cyrus has a lot of irons in the fire, from music to politics. But Cyrus is getting a lot of attention lately for his new book. It's called Rethinkin' Lincoln. In it,...
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‘Black Lives Matter’ Confederate monument vandalized in City Park
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- While people debate the future of New Orleans' Civil War monuments, one of the statues has been tagged by vandals. Someone used spray paint to write, "Black Lives Matter," on...
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State police: Crime down in French Quarter 40%
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Louisiana State Police say their work with the NOPD has reduced crime in and around the French Quarter by 40%. The announcement comes as a big crowd is arriving in the city for...
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Family angry after judge’s sentence in motorcycle death of 3-year-old girl
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Nearly four years after the Fourth of July death of a little girl, a judge hands down his sentence in the case. "It was like the 4th of July 2011 all over again," said Monica...
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Veteran replaces faded and torn flags for free!
CHALMETTE, LA (WGNO) -- Brannon LeBouef served more than a decade in the Marine Corps. Now, he's a security consultant and owns the St. Bernard Indoor Shooting Center in Chalmette. LeBouef spends...
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Bullets fly on Basin Street
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- New Orleans police didn't need a 911 call to know something was wrong Thursday afternoon on Basin Street. "We heard gunfire in the 200 block of Basin Street. Myself and other...
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Acadian Ambulance talks about Lafayette Grand 16 response
METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) -- Thursday night, Acadian Ambulance's Clay Henry spoke with WGNO News about the response of the company's EMTs at the Grand 16 theater in Lafayette. Henry was able to explain the...
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Council gets answers about boil water advisory issues
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- New Orleans city council members questioned workers for the Sewerage and Water board as well as Entergy about last week's boil water advisory. Tests showed that the water quality...
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Man accused of killing Domino’s driver ordered released but sit in jail for now
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - The man accused of shooting and killing a Domino’s pizza delivery driver in March could be a free man by next week because a lack of evidence is keeping prosecutors from filing...
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Warning! Disturbing photo of cat cut in half in Covington area
**WARNING** **THIS STORY BELOW INCLUDES A GRAPHIC, DISTURBING PHOTO** COVINGTON, La. (WGNO) — Neighbors in the Country Club Estates subdivision in the Covington area are outraged and terrified by the...
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More than four monuments to go? Some say yes!
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- Governor Bobby Jindal says he will try to find a way to prevent elected leaders in New Orleans from taking down confederate monuments in the city. The move follows two meetings...
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Harry Connick, Jr talks about first days after Katrina
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- It's the first time he's told the story, according to New Orleans own Harry Connick, Jr. "I'll be honest with you. I don't know that I've ever said this, " Connick told a crowd...
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Current and former Governors offer advice for Katrina fatigue and 10 year...
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) -- There just might be hundreds of events this week marking the ten-year mark since Hurricane Katrina. Okay, maybe there's not that many. But it feels like millions for a lot of...
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$18 Million in cocaine confiscated from secret location in Plaquemines Parish
Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — Plaquemines Parish deputies say they confiscated nearly 200 pounds of cocaine on Thursday, but at this point they’re not...
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Some of my Hurricane Katrina memories
METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — I know I could fill a book with all of my memories from Hurricane Katrina. But plenty of other people have already published similar works, and my recollections may not be so...
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Laser sight gunfight targets Jefferson Parish deputies in latest WOJ
MARRERO, LA (WGNO) -- As officers around the country are being targeted for violent attacks, checkout what happened to two Jefferson Parish deputies who were on patrol in a black, unmarked police...
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