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Former St Tammany Deputy featured in WWLTV investigation indicted for theft, malfeasance

Former St Tammany Deputy featured in WWLTV investigation indicted for theft, malfeasance

Former St Tammany Deputy featured in WWLTV investigation indicted for theft, malfeasance

He was fired from the sheriff's office last year, but Sheriff Randy Smith did not launch a criminal probe, instead letting the case end with Stokes' termination.

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Former St. Bernard deputy pleads guilty in death of 19-year-old inmate

Instead of calling for medical help or an ambulance, Williams admitted moving Henry from a dormitory cell to an isolation cell designed for inmates who are either on suicide watch or being disciplined.

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Report blames 'Band-Aid culture' at S&WB for drainage failures

ABS presented its draft report Monday to the City Council's Public Works Committee.

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Report blames 'Band-Aid culture' at S&WB for drainage failures

ABS presented its draft report Monday to the City Council's Public Works Committee.

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Judge orders St. Tammany School District to pay child rape victim and family $500K

Judge rules in favor of child rape victim, forcing STPPS to pay him and his family half a million dollars after he was raped by an elementary school janitor.

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Judge orders School District to pay child rape victim and family $500K

A St. Tammany Parish district court judge found the St Tammany Parish Public School System liable in the rape of a 7-year-old boy by a former janitor at Abney Elementary School.

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Irvin Mayfield trial delayed to April 2019

Irvin Mayfield faces 23 felony counts and his partner, Ronald Markham, has been charged with 22 counts for allegedly lining their pockets and supporting their jazz orchestra with more than $1.3 million from the New Orleans Public Library Foundation.

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Irvin Mayfield-New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Investigation

David Hammer's series of investigative stories surrounding Grammy-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra and funds intended for the New Orleans Public Library.

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S&WB owes more than $7 million from lawsuits while conducting water shut-offs

The agency owes more than $7.7 million from the lawsuits, not counting interest. Some of the lawsuits go back to the early 1990s.

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S&WB owes more than $7 million from lawsuits while conducting water shut-offs

The agency owes more than $7.7 million from the lawsuits, not counting interest. Some of the lawsuits go back to the early 1990s.

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Exotic dancer pleads guilty to 2015 murder

Lindsay Nichols, 31, was shot to death outside a New Orleans East apartment complex in 2015. Police found her body burning in the back of her car on a deserted stretch of Michoud Boulevard the next day.

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$22,000, tractor, other items missing from Terrebonne Recreation District

Concession funds and a John Deere tractor are among the things unaccounted for.

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$22,000, tractor, other items missing from Terrebonne Recreation District

Concession funds and a John Deere tractor are among the things unaccounted for.

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Scrapyard Scrape: DA refuses charges against JP official

DA's spokesman Paul Purpura said the DA refused the charges "due to insufficient evidence," despite the entire encounter being caught on video.

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Are the pumps in your neighborhood working?

What is the status of the pumps near your home? Explore our interactive map.

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Ray Nagin's fixer Meffert comes clean on corruption scheme

Former Mayor Ray Nagin's fixer tells all in a new book he calls a "brutally honest," "precautionary tale."

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