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A former New Orleans jail employee believed to be the girlfriend of escapee Derrick Groves has been arrested and charged with allegedly helping facilitate the high-profile jailbreak, authorities ...

NEW ORLEANS — For two years, New Orleans police secretly relied on facial recognition technology to scan city streets in search of suspects, a surveillance method without a known precedent in ...

New Orleans jail worker, Sterling Williams, did not know about the men’s plan and did not allow the inmates to cut a pipe behind the toilet for their escape, attorney Michael Kennedy said.

New Orleans property values outpace national averages by 10% as historic districts and economic development spark a real estate renaissance in the market.

Agents with the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation and US Marshals arrested a former correctional center employee Monday who is accused of helping one of the two New Orleans prison escapees still ...

Two years ago this month, New Orleans officials gathered at Village de L’Est playground in New Orleans East to cut the ribbon on a new $1.4 million clubhouse and playground. The 1,700-square ...

Fugitive’s girlfriend charged with aiding breakout at New Orleans jail where she once worked Authorities said only two remain at large: her boyfriend, Derrick Groves, and Antoine Massey, who is ...

A fifth inmate was captured on May 20 after last week's New Orleans jail break, Louisiana authorities announced, the same day a maintenance worker was arrested in connection with the case that has ...

Known as a thriving hub for art, culture and cuisine, New Orleans has also faced its share of challenges — and survived.