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Tulane University Police Department handled more than 180 calls for service on and around the Uptown campus, from Thursday, Feb. 12, through Fat Tuesday, according to daily activity reports from TUPD. Incidents included the seizure of whippets from a U-Haul and dozens of noise complaints and medical emergencies over...

NEW ORLEANS — SNAP recipients in Louisiana can no longer use their benefits to buy candy, soft drinks or energy drinks under new statewide restrictions that took effect on Ash Wednesday. Supporters say the change promotes healthier choices, while critics question whether limiting certain purchases will meaningfully...

“We want everybody to have the opportunity, if they get there early, to be at the front of the parade, but it doesn’t mean that they block off that area and it becomes theres,” Eugene Green added.

In her first exclusive sit-down interview since taking office, Mayor Helena Moreno said fixing the long-troubled Safety and Permits Department is central to restoring both public trust and City Hall’s strained finances. “Fixing this office is going to ultimately create better outcomes in our city and ultimately...

George Motz worked in the film industry making movies and TV commercials before he made the documentary “Hamburger America,” which profiled people and burgers at mom-and-pop restaurants across the country. The film turned him into a burger expert, and he wrote a book about burger joints, a cookbook and later opened a...

Jeffrey “Damnit” Klein claims Shia LaBeouf called him a homophobic slur multiple times before and after a brawl at R Bar in New Orleans’ Faubourg Marigny neighborhood on Mardi Gras morning. LaBeouf was arrested on two counts of simple battery but was released the same day, later...

A former bookkeeper, identified as 51-year-old Belinda Martin of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been handed down a sentence of five years' probation for her involvement in access device fraud, a violation under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1029(a)(2). Martin's sentencing, which occurred on February 10, comes in...

The New Orleans coroner on Thursday identified three men killed in New Orleans in separate shootings on Mardi Gras and the two days leading up to it. Ricky Smith Jr., 37, was fatally shot at around 12:26 a.m. Sunday in Central City. He was pronounced dead at the scene in the 2300 block of South Derbigny Street, NOPD...

The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find Kymaria Mitchell (B/F, DOB: 11/15/2010), now listed as a critical missing juvenile. Police first released a bulletin about Mitchell on January 24, 2026. As of February 19, 2026, she has not returned home. Mitchell is a...

After nearly two decades of limbo, New Orleans’ long-dormant Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium is finally getting a public roadmap for its future. Mayor Helena Moreno, City Council members and the Save Our Soul Coalition are set to reveal a long-awaited master plan today for redeveloping the Municipal Auditorium...