http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans RSS Feed for WWL - News - Local - Orleans en-us Wed, 23 May 2012 17:37:27 GMT 2012-05-23T17:37:27Z en-us http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/FBIs-Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction-conference-in-NO-important-for-city-153164845.html Mass casualty responders were on display on the New Orleans riverfront on Wednesday as part of the FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction conference. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:37:27 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/FBIs-Weapons-of-Mass-Destruction-conference-in-NO-important-for-city-153164845.html 2012-05-23T17:37:27Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Federal-charges-against-ex-alcohol-commissioner-153142295.html Murphy J. Painter, a former commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday on charges that he illegally gained national crime computer information on a variety of people. Wed, 23 May 2012 16:59:55 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Federal-charges-against-ex-alcohol-commissioner-153142295.html 2012-05-23T16:59:55Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/NO-cop-involved-in-Danziger-coverup-has-surrender-date-extended--153020535.html One of the former NOPD convicted officers in the Danziger Bridge shooting cover-up, Arthur Kaufman, was scheduled to report to prison Wednesday. Wed, 23 May 2012 12:03:56 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/NO-cop-involved-in-Danziger-coverup-has-surrender-date-extended--153020535.html 2012-05-23T12:03:56Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Thousands-of-volunteers-needed-for-Super-Bowl-XLVII-152993125.html The game doesn't take place until February 3, but Super Bowl fever is already starting in New Orleans. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:20:05 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Thousands-of-volunteers-needed-for-Super-Bowl-XLVII-152993125.html 2012-05-23T11:20:05Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Four-metro-area-schools-in-Newsweeks-500-Best-American-High-Schools-152514825.html Four metro area schools made Newsweek's list of the "500 Best American High Schools." One of them even cracked the top 100. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:57:02 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Four-metro-area-schools-in-Newsweeks-500-Best-American-High-Schools-152514825.html 2012-05-22T11:57:02Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Support-dies-for-bill-creating-hospitality-zone-in-NO--152511995.html A proposed bill that would have created a new hospitality zone in New Orleans appears to be dead, sources told Eyewitness News and the Gambit's Clancy Dubos. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:42:51 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Support-dies-for-bill-creating-hospitality-zone-in-NO--152511995.html 2012-05-22T11:42:51Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/152316835.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Details of a new school voucher program in Louisiana will soon be taking shape. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:24:55 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/152316835.html 2012-05-22T11:24:55Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/152349585.html NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former New Orleans police captain who supervised two officers who were charged with burning a man's body after Hurricane Katrina has sued the city and police department over his firing. Tue, 22 May 2012 11:23:29 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/152349585.html 2012-05-22T11:23:29Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Landrieu-to-give-State-of-the-City-speech-expected-focus-on-crime-again-152500485.html Mayor Mitch Landrieu will make his second State of the City speech Tuesday, in which he will outline the accomplishments made by his administration to improve the way the city works and describe his plans for the coming year. Tue, 22 May 2012 16:40:40 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/Landrieu-to-give-State-of-the-City-speech-expected-focus-on-crime-again-152500485.html 2012-05-22T16:40:40Z http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/In-Sunday-interview-council-members-defend-walkout-give-reasons-behind-stalemate-152201195.html Making their first public comments since walking out of the last City Council meeting, Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell defended their actions Sunday, suggesting that a lack of communication on two key issues led to the stalemate. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:46:38 GMT http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/orleans/In-Sunday-interview-council-members-defend-walkout-give-reasons-behind-stalemate-152201195.html 2012-05-21T17:46:38Z