Amanda Roberts

The New Orleans fire department says it received a nice gift from the city: one thousand rapid Covid tests days before the city’s vaccine mandate went into effect.

Today is the day that the new mandate for New Orleans city employees to either get vaccinated or undergo routine testing went into effect and it didn’t come without growing pains.

Due to a shortage of truck drivers, the industry fears more issues in the supply chain, especially for the holidays.

For about 6 weeks now, these tents and tarps have served as the Nazio family’s home.

Captain Peter Guidry wasn’t planning to run for office, but building a trailer community from the ground up requires some ground rules.

A man suspected of driving a stolen vehicle led Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s deputies on a chase, where deputies had to start shooting, and eventually crashed into a Metairie home.

It took six months for her aunt to settle into the nursing home where Janice Verdin worked, but she says her aunt Marie started dancing again.

Medicine evolves and changes over the years, and infectious disease specialist, Brobson Lutz, M.D. says there’s a reason why medical professionals study and have this prescription power.

The Who Dat Nation wasn't too happy with the outcome of the first home game inside the dome.

Dozens of indoor and outdoor venues are taking part in NOLA X NOLA, an effort to promote the performances already scheduled across the city during the now-canceled weekends of Jazz Fest.

Some residents of 7 nursing homes have painted the squalid, horrible, inhumane conditions when they were evacuated to a warehouse for Hurricane Ida.

“I just thank God we didn’t lose as many lives like Katrina but still damage to your home takes a lot out of you… the house is just a house but it’s home,” said Young.

Recovering from Ida, parts of Jefferson Parish are still far from children returning to the classroom. Some families don’t even have the clothes to send their children back to class.

DCFS says they handled 76,515 calls Monday through Friday with upwards of 17,898 calls through Saturday evening.

As the Delta variant continues to spread across the country, pharmacies begin administering COVID booster shots.

“People have gone through enough with the hurricane and had to throw all of their food and stuff away now they have to go through all of this just to get food. It’s ridiculous it really is,” said Daggs.

Owner, Scott Wood says since connecting with area agencies and businesses, teams are constantly driving to deliver the changing needs and supplies to the bayou parishes hard hit by Hurricane Ida.

Hurricane Ida added onto the stressors of the pandemic which had fans wondering about their Eric Clapton tickets.

Hurricane Ida’s damage means students in 42 Jefferson Parish schools will not go back to class until October 1. The district is trying to find a way to remedy the required 63,720 minutes of instructional school time.

Bowls and buckets now collect the rainwater from Nicholas, wet spots made way for mold, and despite repeated calls to agencies, adjusters, contractors, and charities, Baughman says help has yet to arrive.

Returning home with her family after evacuation, a resident who does not want to be named, says she was brought to tears when she saw this notice on her door.

Residents losing patients with the City as it delays the trash pickup, causing it to pile up and leave areas with a foul odor.

Some renters at the Saulet Apartments in New Orleans say property managers are trying to evict them in a matter of days following Hurricane Ida with no other options and nowhere else to go.

Bright blue tarp after bright blue roof, most of Terrebonne parish is still without power, and still rebuilding.

For many in the New Orleans area, with the power starting to flicker on, it’s time to fill some empty iceboxes.

After five people died across eight senior living facilities in the city, the city’s health department shut those facilities down saying the conditions were unfit, and evacuated the rest of the residents to state-sponsored shelters.

“You know who you are and someone out there knows who you are, I want to be very clear we will find you, ok, we will not stop until we find you,” said Turner.

“I can’t wait to be in the environment and hear the who dat nation go insane,” said Jason Richardson.

Zulu members, the NOPD, and city leaders remember detective Everett Briscoe as a good man.

As children under 12 cannot yet be vaccinated, state and health leaders say people around them need to be vaccinated and wear masks.

“We were just starting to go out again and having a great time when I was put back in jail,” said Montgomery.

"My experience, I have five children I have one infant who’s died so I understand that child loss happens,” said Brandy Pugh.

Family mourns the death of Lindsey Williams who was shot to death inside her Marrero home Saturday night by her ex-boyfriend.

The first Saint’s preseason game had Who Dat fans ready for the season. But starting Monday, fans will be required to show proof of vaccination to watch the game in the dome or inside a bar.

As they try to convey the crisis facing the state’s healthcare system, with a 16.1 positivity rate, leaders say this is the deadliest and most threatening surge of the entire pandemic.

“I’m an ER doc in the off-time and worked this weekend in New Orleans and we and accepted an acute heart attack patient who had to bypass 6 separate hospitals to get to us with an acute active heart attack which will be a worse outcome for that patient,” said Kanter.

“I’m disappointed that won’t happen and I’m very disappointed we won’t be able to help the nonprofits this year unless were surprised and we can get some donations that could happen, but with any luck will power through to August 2022,” said Healy.

With organizers canceling Jazz Fest for the second time citing rising COVID-19 cases, it will be another year without the music and cultural celebration and empty stages.

State leaders and doctors are now encouraging another therapeutic treatment, monoclonal antibodies to keep people diagnosed with COVID-19 out of the hospital.

Usually a time of excitement, state health leaders say the start of school is very different this time around.

“The collection crisis I don’t think it’s quite started but it’s coming… people need to understand this rent is still due they still owed us no money it’s not going to go away if they do not pay it they will be chased for this money,” said Bajewski.

“I think I would be remiss to say I’m not worried I’m a mom I worry but I want to do what’s best for them and I know they want to be in school,” said Angelina Vicknair.

Beginning Aug. 2, the Coast Guard will start to lay out their findings surrounding the Seacor lift boat disaster that capsized in April

The superdome’s first full-capacity event since the start of the pandemic, and the Monster Jam truck event brought out some big fans.

On top of a city-wide indoor mask mandate, Mayor Cantrell also asks New Orleans business leaders to require vaccinations of their employees

A couple recounts the moments they discovered that a passing car shot at their home in the Irish Channel

Amid a fourth COVID surge, some private and public healthcare agencies are now requiring their employees to get the vaccine

Instead of enjoying some crisp, indoor air conditioning, with the Delta variant circulating some New Orleanians are choosing to venture outside, even on one of the hottest weekends on record so far this year.

When the daycare called saying her daughter, Alliyah hadn’t picked up her grandchild, Elaine Staes knew something was wrong.

“It is what it is we have to get used to it and like I said for the sake of others and get through this pandemic,” said Rivas.