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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - On June 24, a shooting near a Marrero restaurant left a man injured. The shooting happened late Wednesday night near Barataria Blvd. and Patriot St. Fox 8 crews saw sheriff’s deputies and investigators on the scene as of 10:30 p.m. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Sergeant...

I’ve written repeatedly about community resilience over the years; for example, I penned an article in 2017 for Bloomberg on rebuilding for resilience after the devastating wildfires in Sonoma County, California, where I live. In this piece, I want to tackle an even tougher case. The city of New...

Power was largely restored to over 3,500 Entergy customers who woke up without power Wednesday morning in New Orleans after a utility pole wire was downed, according to Entergy’s outage map. The outage extends through St. Claude Avenue from Elysian Fields Avenue by Marigny to Japonica Street in Bywater....

A change is coming to the 18th annual Oak Street Po-Boy Festival.

The Bywater sits downriver from the French Quarter, separated from it by the Marigny and a handful of blocks that feel like a different city entirely. The streets are quieter, the houses are painted in colors that shouldn’t work but do, and the tourists largely haven’t found it yet. For anyone who wants to sleep […]

A return of Planned Parenthood to Louisiana was announced Wednesday, June 24.

Tremé just got one of its old souls back. Two Sisters, the long-running New Orleans soul food kitchen run by the Finister family, has quietly returned to the neighborhood with a new Basin Street outpost. The family-style restaurant is back to serving classic home-cooked plates, heavy on gravy and rich with roux, includ

NAPOLEONVILLE – Assumption Parish deputies have arrested a New Orleans man on felony terrorizing and cyberstalking charges. Deputies began investigating 34-year-old Bruce Anthony Charles on June 16 after receiving a complaint from a woman who said Charles had threatened her. Charles and the victim had previously been i

ATLANTA (WVUE) - Dustin Poirier admits he needs help after police said he was arrested on a public drunkenness charge at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Poirier, 37, posted a statement to his Instagram Story on Tuesday, June 23, after video released by the Atlanta Police Department showed him apparent

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Authorities said 54 dogs were rescued from a suspected illegal dog breeding operation at a home in the 3500 block of Arizona Avenue, and a Kenner man was arrested on 55 counts of cruelty to animals. The Kenner Police Department said officers and Jefferson Protection &...