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In celebration of 100 years of faith, community and service, Pleasant Zion Missionary Baptist Church is inviting the community to mark the milestone with them.

Marion Andrus McCollam, an expert in urban design and arts management who was acclaimed for her work as leader of the Arts Council of New Orleans, died Sept. 25 in Houston. She was 95. She died of complications of pneumonia, said her daughter, Marion Cage McCollam. A native New Orleanian...

A dissatisfied Taco Bell customer may have gone a little too far with his complaint.According to New Orleans Police, an unknown pedestrian tried to place an order at the drive-through window of the Taco Bell on Gen. De Gaulle Drive in Algiers.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after human remains were found last week in a wooded area off U.S. Highway 90 in Bridge City. Deputies responded on Oct. 5 to a report of possible human remains discovered near the 2100 block of Highway 90. There, they found skeletal remains, which were later confirmed to be human, Sgt. Brandon Veal, a spokesperson for the department, said Monday.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will discuss the state’s economic future and the challenges of managing historic levels of investment during the 2026 Louisiana Smart Growth Summit, Oct. 21-22, at the Manship Theatre in downtown Baton Rouge.

Commuters on the I-10 this morning near Elysian fields could see fire and smoke from a nearby blaze.  The New Orleans Fire Department says it was a blaze few blocks away on North Rocheblave at Allen Street.

The New Orleans Fire Department is working to extinguish a fire near the intersection of North Rocheblave and Allen streets in the Seventh Ward neighborhood around 6:30 a.m. Monday. According to the Richard's Food Store owner, a bus is believed to have been intentionally set on fire, potentially spreading the...

Two unoccupied houses on North Rocheblave Street burned early Monday morning in a two-alarm fire in the 7th Ward, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. No injuries were reported in the blaze that broke out in the 1900 block of North Rocheblave Street. An elderly woman who lived near the damaged homes was evacuated as a precaution, NOFD Capt. Quentin Brown said at the scene.

Three people were robbed on a quiet stretch of Lynhuber Drive in Pines Village Saturday afternoon after being summoned to meet strangers at an unknown location; the suspects instead pulled a gun, forced them to the ground, and emptied their pockets before vanishing. The New Orleans Police Department confirmed the robbery happened around 4:25 p.m. in the 4800 block of the street, and the investigation remains active with no arrests announced.

A New Orleans-area company that handles online property auctions owes millions in court judgments stemming from allegations that it bilked local governments, investors and buyers across the country. The firm, CivicSource, has sold tax-delinquent properties on behalf of local governments across Louisiana — and other states — for years, running...