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  • Scientists say fossils found in Colorado are from 68-million-year-old triceratops

    DENVER – Several weeks ago, construction workers digging near a Denver, Colorado, retirement home made an exciting discovery: dinosaur bones. Paleontologists from the Denver Museum of Nature and Science quickly got to work identifying the partial skeleton found in Highlands Ranch, a short drive south of Denver. Now, they say it was an adult triceratops buried in the bedrock — and the fossils were 68 million years old. “It’s always exciting to get a call about possible fossils, and I […]

  • Man’s shooting death under investigation in Metairie

    Metairie – A man is dead after a shooting early Tuesday morning in Metairie. According to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office, the victim was shot around 1:30 a.m. on West Metairie and Henry Landry Avenues. He later died at the hospital. No further information is available at this time.

  • Man killed in New Orleans East shooting

    New Orleans – A man is dead following a Sunday night shooting in New Orleans East. Police say the victim was shot around 10 p.m. Sunday near the intersection of Yorktown Drive and Bunker Hill Road. He was taken to the hospital where he later died. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.

  • Court TV is back and you can watch it on one of WGNO’s subchannels

    New Orleans – After being off the air for more than 11 years, Court TV has relaunched as a 24/7 network and you can watch it over-the-air on WGNO 26.3. According to Court TV’s website, the network will be available on local cable providers Cox and Spectrum in November 2019. Cord-cutters can watch Court TV by downloading the network’s app. Live gavel-to-gavel coverage airs weekdays 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. CT with repeated trial coverage overnights and on weekends. The […]

  • Air Transat to launch non-stop flights between New Orleans and Montréal

    New Orleans – Canadian airline Air Transat is adding non-stop flights between New Orleans and Montréal. The seasonal flights between Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY) and Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) begin November 3, 2019. The flights will operate on Thursdays and Sundays. Air Transat flies to about 60 destinations in more than 25 countries. It was named World’s Best Leisure Airline in 2018.  

  • Police: Florida man who tried to pawn baby says it was just a prank

    SARASOTA, Fla. – A Florida father sought by police after a pawn shop owner notified authorities of a man trying to sell a baby now says he did it as a social media prank. Police began searching for the man after they were notified Tuesday by an employee of A&F Pawn Jewelry and Loan who was concerned for the child’s welfare. Surveillance video shows the man walk into the store and place a child carrier on the glass counter. “This […]

  • Double homicide investigation underway in Harvey

    HARVEY, LA — The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double homicide. Sheriff Joe Lopinto says deputies were dispatched to a shots fired call in the 4200 block of Lac Couture Drive around 12:05 a.m. Friday and found a man who’d been shot. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A short time later, two men were brought to a local hospital by car. They’d also been shot. One of them died at the hospital and the other is […]

  • Man killed in New Orleans East shooting

    New Orleans – Police are investigating a fatal shooting in the Pines Village neighborhood of New Orleans East. Investigators say a man was killed near the intersection of Piper Lane and East Filmore Avenue around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. No other information has been released. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.

  • Man wounded in New Orleans East shooting

    New Orleans – Police are investigating a shooting that left a man injured in New Orleans East. It happened around 1 a.m. Wednesday in the 7300 block of W. Renaissance Street. Police say a man was shot in the stomach. No further details have been released on the victim’s condition or the search for the shooter.

  • Man found shot to death inside car on I-10 on Spillway

    ST. CHARLES PARISH –  A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death inside a car following a crash on I-10 on the Spillway. The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office says deputies got a report of a car crash around 3:30 a.m. Sunday on the westbound lanes of I-10. Deputies arrived on scene and found a crashed car with several bullet holes and a man’s body inside the car. Other passengers in the car were taken […]

  • State police investigate fatal I-10 crash

    METAIRIE – State police are investigating a multi-vehicle crash that claimed the life of one man. Investigators say the crash happened shortly before 3 A.M. on I-10 West at Causeway Boulevard. The victim, 37-year-old Noel Reese, of Laplace,  was driving a Dodge Challenger, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle struck a concrete barrier. The stalled Challenger was sideways, taking up several lanes. A second crash happened when a GMC Yukon, driven by 39-year-old Roland Parquette Jr. of Garyville, LA,  struck […]

  • Police investigate man’s shooting death in Central City

    New Orleans – Police are investigating a man’s shooting death in Central City. The NOPD says the man was shot around 9 p.m. Sunday in the 2100 block of Willow Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111.    

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