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Carver High School’s long-awaited “Field of Dreams” stadium is finally moving from vision to reality. After nearly two decades of fits and starts in which the project stalled, leadership fractured and early fundraising evaporated, the effort has cleared its final two hurdles: Voters on Saturday approved an...

MONROE, La. (KTVE/KARD) — About 200 Border Patrol agents stationed in Charlotte, North Carolina, may be reassigned to New Orleans by the end of next week as part of “Operation Catahoula Crunch.”. The Department of Homeland Security has not confirmed the operation publicly, but experts suggest the scale...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A shooting in the Tulane-Gravier neighborhood Sunday afternoon (Nov. 16) left one person dead and another injured, according to NOPD. Officers were called to the 100 block of North Johnson Street just before 3:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in the area. When police arrived, they...

As the New Orleans City Council deals with the budget shortfall this year, they have two weeks left to come up with a budget for next year.

Drawings are usually humble. They can be quick, sketchy, disposable. A lot of times, drawings are the small preliminary plans for larger, more permanent paintings or sculpture. But not Xavier University professor Ron Bechet’s drawings, which are being featured at New Orleans' Contemporary Arts Center, 900 Camp St.,...

Three of the six defendants charged in connection with the death of a would-be robber who was shot when authorities say his intended targets instead tried to rob him have pleaded guilty in the case, according to Jefferson Parish court records. Jeremy Norrman, 29, of Waggaman, died on Feb. 16,...

Student court at Loyola University New Orleans overturns student government decision blocking Turning Point USA chapter from becoming official campus group.

Duncan believes time is of the essence to many inmates when dealing with documents that can assist in exonerations. Calvin Duncan, who spent more than 28 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned, was elected as Orleans Parish Criminal Court Clerk by the citizens of New Orleans. Duncan,...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Xavier University of Louisiana on Tuesday announced a $38 million unrestricted gift (donation with no limitations on use) from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the largest private donation in the university’s history. The contribution is Scott’s second major gift to Xavier; she awarded the school...

Calvin Duncan, a New Orleans man who spent three decades in prison for a 1981 murder before his conviction was overturned, will serve as the city's chief criminal court record keeper.