The inmates fled the Orleans Parish jail on May 16. Authorities said the group pulled open defective cell doors, ripped out a toilet to create a hole in the jail and then climbed a wall to escape.

New Orleans police arrested Emmitt Weber for allegedly helping inmates escape. Five fugitives, including those with serious charges, are still on the run.

Weeden has been booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center. The Orleans Justice Center jail, left, in New Orleans is seen on Friday, May 16, 2025. Brett Duke/The Advocate via AP ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - WrestleMania 42 will no longer be held in New Orleans, city tourism officials confirmed Thursday (May 22). The World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) event had been scheduled for ...

New Orleans has lost a major event that could impact the city's economy next year. WWE announced WrestleMania 42 would take place live at the Caesar Superdome on Saturday, April 11, and Sunday ...

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.

On WWE Smackdown earlier this year, “ The Rock ” Dwayne Johnson revealed New Orleans as the host location for Wrestlemania 42. The WWE has yet to announce the new location for the organization’s ...

WWE subsequently advertised WrestleMania 42 for New Orleans on numerous occasions, and it was set to be the third WrestleMania to take place in the Big Easy since WrestleMania 30 in 2014.

A new venue for WrestleMania 42 has yet to be announced, as fans on social media are calling for WWE to move it to Wembley Stadium in London. WWE's premier event took place at Allegiant Stadium in ...

Cortnie Harris, 32, of New Orleans, and Corvanntay Baptiste, 38, of Slidell, Louisiana, were arrested, state police said in a statement. They were each charged with being accessories after the ...

Jay Batt – lifelong New Orleans resident, business, civic leader, and city council member whose public service helped communities recover from Hurricane Katrina – passed away in his sleep on May 18, ...

Nine inmates remain on the run after one was captured. They escaped from the Orleans Parish jail in New Orleans. Authorities are offering $5,000 for help locating the men.