Orleans Parish

Voters will choose a member of the Board of Supervisors for the Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District for the first time in the district’s history.

Parts of the jail have flooded, and people incarcerated at the facility are complaining about the smell.

So, who is really responsible? And how common is this type of law enforcement infighting?

Authorities say they’ve captured three more of the 10 escapees who broke out of a New Orleans jail, leaving two more on the run. Louisiana State Police said Monday one of the men was arrested in Baton Rouge by local police and two others were arrested in Walker County Texas by officials there.

Days after 10 men escaped from the Orleans Parish jail, Gov. Jeff Landry signed an executive order on Wednesday, initiating a wide-ranging examination of the state’s criminal justice system.

Two people are accused of helping multiple men who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail last Friday.

A fifth man has been captured after he escaped the Orleans Parish jail with nine others last Friday, authorities said.

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak plan. Sterling Williams was arrested Tuesday in connection with Friday’s jailbreak.

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has ordered multiple investigations into New Orleans’ criminal justice system after 10 men escaped from Orleans Parish Prison last Friday.

A search is underway for seven inmates who broke out of the Orleans Parish jail on Friday morning. Three other inmates who escaped have already been captured, authorities said.