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St. Bernard Parish is about to smell like butter, garlic and brine. The Louisiana Oyster Culture Festival makes its debut Saturday and Sunday at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center in Chalmette, bringing two full days of local food, live music and crafts to a parish built on the seafood industry.

A hay-strewn lot on Cypress Acres Drive on the West Bank was the site of a high-spirited celebration Friday, as the Mystic Krewe of Femme Fatale Mardi Gras parading organization broke ground on a new $4 million headquarters facility. The 20,000-square-foot structure in Algiers will not just be for the...

Danny Keating, an attorney who was one of the masterminds of the Louisiana staged accident scam, was sentenced Thursday to 32 months in federal prison. Keating’s sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release. He also must pay $657,405.34 in restitution. Keating was one of the most...

A man has been arrested in connection with a two-alarm fire that burned down two unoccupied houses in the 7th Ward early on Monday, according to the New Orleans Fire Department. The man was arrested on Tuesday by the fire department's arson division and is being held in custody, NOFD...

Warren Easton rode a dominant defense and a second-half spark from its offense in turning back East Jefferson, 22-6, in notching its third consecutive District 8-5A victory Thursday night at Joe Yenni Stadium. Easton (3-4, 3-0) remained on track for a possible 8-5A championship in its first season in the...

New Orleans City Hall — Approximate City Government Oversight Site. New Orleans is paying $1.4 million a year for fleet-tracking software, but nearly 40 percent of the city's 2,577 vehicles still don't have it installed, according to a new watchdog report. The gap includes roughly 64 percent of the vehicles without the software being police department vehicles, leaving a wide swath of public vehicles unmonitored even as the city has invested heavily in GPS and maintenance-alert technology meant

Five-star wideout Easton Royal scored twice, linebacker Dominic Jabbia ripped the ball from the quarterback’s hands and ran for a touchdown, and Brother Martin rallied to defeat turnover-prone John Curtis 36-28 on Thursday with Florida coach Jon Sumrall watching from near the sideline. Royal’s touchdowns and Jabbia’s score fueled...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Thursday evening, hundreds of people -- including parents, students and educators -- packed Fannie C. Williams Charter School’s gym in New Orleans East to hear NOLA Public Schools’ potential plans for the school’s future. Superintendent Fateama Fulmore led the conversation and said that...

NOAA favors wetter conditions across Louisiana as El Niño influences the upcoming winter season.

Metairie’s newest Aldi on Veterans Memorial Boulevard officially opened its doors Thursday, taking over the spot that was previously home to Winn-Dixie. The fast-growing discount supermarket filed permits to open at 215 Veterans Blvd earlier this year. It is the third Aldi in Metairie and 33st in the state. 28 of the chain’s stores are within southeast Louisiana.