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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Southern Decadence parade, one of the best-known summer spectacles in New Orleans, brought colorful pride and celebration to the French Quarter Sunday. About 1,000 walking krewe members added flair to traditional Mardi Gras merriment with bodacious and bawdy costumes and a simple mandate: to br

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Labor Day will bring plenty of heat to the area, but there will also be a chance for a few thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. We’ll start the day with a mix of sunshine and clouds, with temperatures quickly climbing into the lower and middle 90s. The bigger concern will be the humidity, with

Let us be clear about something before this conversation gets any further:. Nobody is saying Essence Festival is perfect. Nobody is saying the City of New Orleans should blindly agree to whatever Essence asks for in a new contract. And nobody should be afraid to ask hard questions about public money.

State regulators have authorized River Birch landfill to more than double its storage capacity by expanding into a long-closed landfill in Jefferson and St. Charles parishes, which would make it the state's largest. The approval also grants the company a nationwide service area for trash customers, though the company s

Chef Kandy Taylor’s inaugural restaurant, Kandy’s, opened its doors this June and was met with a flood of rave reviews. The Chicago native’s love for New Orleans combined with her Parisian culinary background merged to create a unique gourmet experience for visitors and locals alike. The restaurant’s...

On the night of April 23, 2015, a brutal double homicide shocked the New Orleans East community. Diamonique Lewis, 26, and her boyfriend, 25-year-old Louis Brooks, were found shot to death inside Lewis’ apartment in the 13600 block of Granville Street. Despite years passing, the case remains unsolved, leaving their fam

Next week, one of New Orleans’ iconic culinary contributions, the muffuletta, will be celebrated with National Muffuletta Day. The commemoration is the creation of Napoleon House, the French Quarter landmark that has long been a favorite spot to enjoy the mammoth sandwich. The muffuletta is most often stocked with...

September 2026 commemorates the hundredth anniversary of Jesuit High School’s South Carrollton Avenue campus, while the prior year marked three centuries since the Society of Jesus first arrived in New Orleans. Unlike the Ursuline nuns, whose girls’ academy has been in continuous operation here since 1727, the Jesuits

Ballroom dance instructor William Anderson said it takes three hours for him to costume properly for the Southern Decadence parade. It’s a metamorphosis that can’t be rushed. “I have to get in the zone,” he said, “I set up lighting, drink a glass of wine and put on...

The 54th annual Southern Decadence parade is happening Sunday, Sept. 6, in the French Quarter. The parade rolls at 3 p.m. WDSU spoke live with event organizers ahead of the parade. Watch the video above for the full interview and route details. From Friday, Sept. 4, at 12 p.m. through...