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Construction is officially underway at the long-blighted Touro Shakspeare Home in Algiers as the city-owned property transforms once again into affordable housing for New Orleans' elderly. Why it matters: Empty and crumbling since Hurricane Katrina, the project signals reinvestment in the West Bank neighborhood where...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – We’ve seen some rain pass through southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi, but that’s not all we will feel this Saturday evening. The Krewe Mosaique have a parade for Saturday at 6 p.m. in the French Quarter which is looking to go off as scheduled, but know that it will be windy and cold in...

Inside Fertitta’s Deli: Shreveport’s Oldest Family Restaurant. In the heart of Shreveport, at the corner of Sam R. Fertitta Drive, sits a two-story red brick building with a sign that reads Home of the Muffy. The Muffy is more than a sandwich. It is a cultural symbol, a culinary invention rooted in family tradition,...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is Monday, but festivities kick off this weekend. InspireNOLA Charter Schools is hosting its annual MLK Parade. This year’s parade, dubbed the Algiers America MLK Celebration Parade, will march through Algiers under the theme “Still Dreaming for the Children of...

If you love chicken wings then you have to sample wings from the only two wing joints in Louisiana to make Southern Living's Best Wings in the South list.

French Quarter artifacts from the Fire of 1788 and the Fire of 1794 were discovered during a $9 million water main project on St. Peter Street in New Orleans.

Louisianans are blessed with restaurants that have been dining destinations for generations. So whenever a culinary institution announces an ownership change, we tend to get nervous. On this week's show, we explore three restaurants that have changed hands, but whose owners have worked hard to preserve their...

New Iberia native Brittany Migues is preparing to take part in one of the world’s largest rock performances. The 28-year-old drummer has been selected as one of just 1,000 musicians worldwide to perform with Rockin’1000 when the global music project makes its U.S. debut at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Jan....

If “Back That Azz Up” was part of your high school soundtrack, this one’s for you. Juvenile is celebrating 25 years of his iconic hit with a live-band tour, and he’s bringing it home to New Orleans.

This week as country music legend, entrepreneur and philanthropist Dolly Parton turns 80 on Jan. 19, we recall some of her notable visits to Louisiana. In February 1988, Parton was a guest of the Krewe of Endymion, riding on a float in the parade and appearing at the post-parade Superdome Extravaganza while recording...