The voice of the Mississippi still sings in New Orleans, a place where umbrellas dance, booze mingles with beignets, the irreverent holds hands with the sacred, and the dead sleep among the living.

Yet another of the 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail late last week has been captured, Louisiana State Police announced Tuesday night. Now five of the escapees remain at large.

NEW ORLEANS — Nearly a week after 10 men escaped from a New Orleans jail by crawling through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a fence, five have been apprehended and five remain at large.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans jail maintenance worker has been arrested and is being held on a $1.1 million bond after admitting he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall ...

The recent escape of ten inmates from a New Orleans jail is the latest wake-up call proving that federal consent decrees do more harm than good when it comes to public safety. The jail ...

A "full-scale search operation" is underway, the sheriff said. The reward for information leading to the arrest of the inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center last week increased to $ ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — Officials on Sunday increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet. FBI Special Agent ...

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A fifth inmate was recaptured following a breakout at a New Orleans jail last week, authorities announced, the same day a maintenance worker at the facility was arrested after allegedly helping ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. — Officials increased the reward for the capture of seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet as at least a dozen law ...

The FBI has opened a tipline for New Orleans residents to call and report sightings of escaped inmates. On Friday, 10 inmates broke out of the Orleans Parish Jail. Over the weekend, WDSU took ...

Sterling Williams, inset, on Tuesday was charged in Friday's escape of 10 inmates from a New Orleans jail, also pictured. Sterling Williams, inset, on Tuesday was charged in Friday's escape of 10 ...