Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser said corruption runs rampant in indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration.

A New Orleans inmate who was mistakenly released last month because of a clerical error has been captured in Texas, prison officials said

Khalil Bryan, the Orleans Parish jail inmate mistakenly released from the lockup in July, was arrested in a Houston suburb on Wednesday morning after nearly a month on the lam, authorities confirmed. A Crimestoppers tip led to the arrest, Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said.

Bryan was mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish Jail on Friday, July 25, in what jail officials say was a clerical error. He was incorrectly released due to a misidentification between two individuals with a similar last name. MORE: Orleans Parish Jail fires deputies after releasing wrong inmate, tightens release procedures

The paramedic was hit at around 7 a.m. in the fire station parking lot at North Miro Street and Elysian Fields Avenue, according to NOEMS. The EMS crew was stationed there and awaiting a call when a car left the road and hit the man, seriously injuring him. NOEMS said he was in “fair condition” at a trauma center as of 10:19 a.m.

New research from Tulane University found that brown anole lizards in New Orleans carry the highest blood-lead levels ever recorded in a vertebrate—amounts that would be lethal to most other animals—yet they appear unaffected. Subscribe to our ...

Following a nearly monthlong search, Khalil Bryan, 30, was found more than 370 miles away at a residence in Texas on Aug. 20, authorities said.

Twenty years ago, Lonnie Davis evacuated New Orleans for Hurricane Katrina, not knowing she would never return home. Why it matters: Though Davis' arrival in Charlotte wasn't something she'd planned,