Six people, including one person accused of being affiliated with the Gulf Cartel, were arrested on Thursday following a ...

An employee of the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services was arrested on Wednesday, April 9, following a traffic stop turned drug bust.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Louisiana State Police Crime Lab needs at least $4 million to outsource the testing of DNA evidence ...

New Orleans city leaders say they’ve made major progress in clearing a long-standing backlog of sexual assault kits, thanks to millions in funding and strong collaboration across agencies.

New Orleans and Louisiana officials say they've reduced backlog of rape and sexual assault test kits, in addition to DNA test ...

The bill, introduced by a freshman lawmaker from Plaquemines Parish, would require one of the flood agency's board members to ...

Outsourced labs have now processed 914 of 1,000 Orleans Parish sexual assault kits that were once part of a backlog awaiting genetic testing at the Louisiana State Police Crime Lab. “Just having these ...

Louisiana State Police are investigating two separate deadly crashes in Tangipahoa Parish. Both crashes happened on Friday, April 4 in Loranger and Hammond. The first crash happened around 6 p.m. near ...