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Crews are responding to a water leak in Uptown New Orleans Wednesday. This comes after the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board issued a detailed plan to address water main breaks across the city. The water leak, which was reported on Jeanette Street at the corner of Joliet, has not...

Authorities say a New Orleans man is facing a serious felony after a domestic dispute inside a Downman Road apartment turned into a fire investigators believe was no accident. According to officials, the State Fire Marshal later determined the small blaze was intentionally set, leading to an aggravated arson charge...

New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration outlined its plan to get City Hall through the end of the summer without running out of cash, as payments on a $125 million emergency loan continue to put pressure on city finances. Addressing the City Council Budget Committee Thursday, Chief Administrative Officer...

Four people were displaced after a two-alarm fire at a home in the Read Boulevard West area on Wednesday, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. NOFD responded to reports of a blaze in the 4500 block of Charlene Drive at around 12:56 p.m., according to a press release. When firefighters arrived, they found the...

A new, vibrant neighborhood Mediterranean restaurant recently opened its doors in Lakeshore this month.

Paint a building black in New Orleans and people notice. Slap that black facade on a former children’s home from the 1800s and tuck it one block off Magazine Street, where nobody expects a hotel, and you’ve got something that functions like a secret even though it opened less than two years ago. Blackbird Hotel […]

The New Orleans City Council's Climate Change and Sustainability Committee just threw the city's community solar effort a critical lifeline, voting to give developers more time to navigate changing grid safety rules while turning up the pressure on Entergy New Orleans for straight answers. The hearing spotlighted a...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. KIPP New Orleans Schools, long the largest charter school operator in New Orleans, is poised to shrink its footprint in the city beginning next fall. On Tuesday (March 17), KIPP officials announced that the operator will close...

NEW ORLEANS — A woman received threatening phone calls hours after a video she posted went viral showing float riders appearing to make Nazi salutes during the St. Patrick's Day Metairie Road parade, according to a New Orleans Police Department report. The riders’ gestures Sunday drew a swift response...

NEW ORLEANS — A woman accused of attempting to sell a gun used in the deadly shooting at Dooky Chase’s Restaurant earlier this year was booked on charges Thursday, court records show. Ke'shone Bourgeois, 21, has been booked on charges of accessories after the fact of a second-degree...