Chris Finch

Legendary New Orleans Saints place kicker Tom Dempsey died Saturday night after a battle with COVID-19. He was 73.

The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized has reached 1,707. Of those, 535 patients require ventilation.

Dorignac’s Grocery store in Metairie will close it’s doors Friday at 8 p.m. and remain closed for a week.

Slidell Police Chief Randy Fandal and Mayor Greg Cromer have issued a mandatory curfew for the City of Slidell starting Friday night at 11 p.m. and ending at 5 a.m.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said officers have received over 800 calls about large gatherings over the last week.

Governor John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation to ensure high school seniors and current post-secondary students are able to meet requirements to be eligible for the state’s merit-based scholarship, the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS, or continue eligibility.

Gov. John Bel Edward’s office launched a comprehensive website for the latest state information regarding COVID-19.

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 are up to 3,148 in New Orleans, 125 which have resulted in death.

New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Shaun Ferguson says right now he does not anticipate the city imposing a curfew like other parishes have done.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says new Mississippi River projections will force them to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Friday.

Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced today that the Department of Treasury will mail $4 million in Unclaimed Property checks to citizens across Louisiana after using tax records to update addresses.

See guidance to school systems regarding how they can ensure high school seniors who were on track to graduate this spring can still do so on-time and without penalty.

A nurse at New Orleans East Hospital has died during the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.

New Orleans Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness Tuesday afternoon will be processing truckloads of donated items from the home improvement store Lowe’s in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Louisiana leaders said that since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the 211 network has answered a record-breaking number of calls.

The company contracted by the developers of the doomed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans to knock the building down does not have the liability insurance to do the job, according to 1031 Canal Development.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell reiterated on FOX News that city leaders were told COVID-19 cases were contained as late as Lundi Gras.

St. Tammany Parish President Mike Cooper said he is asking parish employees to shelter in place as COVID-19 spreads across the state.

The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans said it is working on a 20-inch water main break on General Meyer Ave. and Holiday Dr.

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman said that seven inmates have signs of COVID-19 and asked criminal court to release non-violent offenders with no prior offenses as a precaution.

LCMC Health, which operates University Medical Center and other hospitals in the New Orleans area received a delivery of personal protection equipment and medical supplies on Thursday (March 26), a spokesperson said.

Leaders at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, La. have decided to reschedule commencement until late summer.

New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees and his wife Brittany are committing $5 million to Louisiana over the next year.

Governor John Bel Edwards said ventilators could become a major problem for the New Orleans area by the first week of April.

A head baseball coach for seventh and eighth graders at Lusher Charter School in New Orleans has died because of symptoms related to COVID-19.

People on the front line of protecting the city and helping the sick are growing in the number of positive COVID-19 tests.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting that happened Tuesday night in Terrytown.

Governor John Bel Edwards believes that Mardi Gras had a lot to do with the number of coronavirus cases in the New Orleans metro area.

Now that the French Quarter is mostly empty, the City of New Orleans is now working to clear out rat population. Local leaders believe fewer people and a lack of food in the Quarter may be causing increased activity among the rodents.

St. James Parish leaders said the parish now has an active community spread.