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NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint TOMORROW NIGHT (SATURDAY 7/16) in the Uptown area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location […]

Welcome back to the Bloom Legal Video Blog! For our sixth installment Attorney Seth Bloom, of Bloom Legal explains how to respond after a car or auto accident with injury. Basic precautions include ensuring that […]

Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale tour is storming through New Orleans tonight with her newest batch of dance hits. New Orleans is not hosting the tour’s opening night, like it did for Spears’ Circus tour, but […]

Partiers now have one more option for a safe ride home after a late night in the French Quarter. Despite a prolonged political fight, pedicabs have finally been approved by the City Council. The council […]

With Essence Fest bringing crowds to New Orleans for the weekend and the 4th of July close behind, Louisiana state troopers will be on the lookout for drunk drivers. State law enforcement will be using […]

NOPD issued a press release yesterday indicating that one of their own officers was arrested as a result of an undercover prostitution sting undertaken by the department. The details are as follow: (June 30, 2011)- […]

Jury Selection was completed Thursday in the Danziger Bridge Shooting Trial of 5 NOPD officers. The sitting jury is reported to consist of 7 men and 5 women. Of these, 10 are white and 2 […]

The trial of 5 current and former NOPD officers accused of police misconduct in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina begins in federal court today. The Danziger Bridge shooting, as it has become known, resulted in […]

Wesley Barrow Stadium has been derelict ever since being damaged by Hurricane Katrina, but Major League Baseball hopes to change that. They have chosen the Gentilly stadium to host its latest top of the line […]

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint TOMORROW NIGHT (SATURDAY 6/18) in the Lakeview area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location […]

In January NOPD officers arrested 42 year old parolee Alvin Bean for possession of crack cocaine. Bean accused the officers of planting the drugs on him, which might be a common claim among arrestees, except […]

NOLA.com reported today on the recent renewal of a program which had largely fallen by the wayside after Hurricane Katrina. New Orleans Mental Health Court, which operates out of the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, […]

The officers made a “soft entrance” into the bar by entering in plain clothes and only announcing themselves after the lights had been raised and the music turned off. Between 10:45 pm when they entered […]

The Louisiana State Legislature is scheduled to debate a number of bills today which are aimed at reducing the state’s incredibly high rate of incarceration and emerged from the work of the recent Sentencing Commission. […]

After the BP oil spill, the gulf oyster lost the national demand it had enjoyed in better seasons as customers worried about possible contamination. This weekend’s second annual oyster fest hopes to show that the […]

NOPD has issued a statement today indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint TONIGHT (FRIDAY 6/3) in the Downtown area from approximately 9pm to 5am. No specific indication as to the location of […]

Welcome back to the Bloom Legal Video Blog! For our fourth installment Attorney Seth Bloom, of Bloom Legal fields questions from internet users about traveling restrictions when charges are pending against you and how out […]

On Thursday the jury in Mark St. Pierre’s corruption trial only needed six hours to bring the most recent case of civil corruption in New Orleans to a close. They returned guilty verdicts for all […]