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Visiting these coffee shops during Essence Fest is a meaningful way to directly support Black entrepreneurs while experiencing authentic New Orleans culture beyond the main stages.

The owner of Plaza Tower, a notorious eyesore at the edge of the South Market District in downtown New Orleans, has signed a purchase and sales agreement with a prospective buyer who plans to convert the 1960s skyscraper into subsidized apartments for low-income seniors. The agreement is the culmination of...

Lafayette, Louisiana (KMDL) - When you think of Louisiana voodoo, you think of Marie Laveau, the famed Voodoo Queen of New Orleans. Laveau passed away in 1881, so who has been carrying the voodoo torch in the New Orleans area?. Well, there have been quite a few voodoo priestesses since...

Three victims of fatal shootings over the weekend have been identified Wednesday by the Orleans Parish Coroner's Office. In total, nine people where shot Saturday in a spate of violence across the Crescent City. The third homicide victim of the weekend was the ninth and final shooting victim of the...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is appealing recent court rulings that give the city exclusive rights to the millions generated each year from donated oilfield land, to the astonishment of City Council members who on Tuesday criticized her for acting against taxpayers' interest. At a budget committee hearing,...

Crime rates have dropped across New Orleans and residents seem pleased with the overall job the NOPD is doing. Juvenile crime in particular has been a focal point

HBCU WBB coach Dawn Thornton brings her signature game day looks to Essence Festival’s BeautyCon, empowering women to lead with style and presence. The post HBCU Coach’s Style Lands Her on Essence Festival Panel appeared first on HBCU Gameday .

In yet another display of technology intersecting with law enforcement tactics, a teenage driver and two adults found themselves in cuffs after a wild pursuit through the streets. According to a social media post by the Kenner Police Department, the incident began when a stolen vehicle was spotted by Kenner’s FLOCK...

A Honduran man wanted in connection to a double homicide in Nashville was arrested last month in Kenner, according to the Kenner Police Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Josue Daniel Hernandez-Moxje, 23, was arrested June 6 following an investigation by the Metropolitan Nashville Police...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson has identified $19 million in capital repairs for the city’s jail and will issue bonds to cover most of that cost – something City Council members have urged amid an ongoing argument over the sheriff’s funding needs. Yet Hutson is also considering...