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Actor John Goodman's storied Garden District mansion has a buyer. But Goodman isn't leaving New Orleans, his realtor said. Months after lowering the asking price from $5.45 million to $4.75 million, the Coliseum Street house is under contract, according to the real estate website Zillow. Goodman, 73, and his wife...

What could’ve been a fun night in New Orleans, Louisiana, became memorable for the wrong reasons after a brawl broke out on the street between brass band members and some bar owners and their employees. Apparently, the bar owners grew impatient and annoyed at the street band for hogging the spotlight away from the...

New Orleans is slowly sinking — and in some spots, the drop is startling. A Tulane University study using two decades of satellite radar data reveals parts of the city, its wetlands, and even billion-dollar post-Katrina floodwalls are losing up to two inches of elevation each year. Sinking Threat...

Derrick Groves is the last remaining prisoner who has yet to be captured after a jailbreak in New Orleans. It has been three months since his escape but Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson remains confident that he will soon be brought to justice. I, on the other hand, am starting to think that he is […] The post New...

St. John the Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives have arrested two men in connection with separate burglaries in LaPlace on Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. The crimes involved the theft of a flat-screen television, more than $1,000 worth of toys and clothing, and attempted purchases from Amazon that included three...

According to the NOPD, the victim was involved in a fight with another man earlier in the evening. The victim saw his foe while walking down the street and started a second fight with him. A friend of the second man pulled a gun and shot the victim.

Before becoming the Queen of Bounce, before reality TV shows, setting twerking records, releasing massive songs with Beyonce and touring the world, Big Freedia was Freddie Ross Jr., dressed in polished shoes and his Sunday best and singing in a church choir. Big Freedia’s godmother was the choir director at...

After receiving an anonymous tip via the STPSO website concerning drug activity at a residence in the 50000 block of Lillian Road in Slidell, detectives with the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Division executed a search warrant at the home on July 29. While searching the residence, detectives...

Houston, Texas: Swarming with Mosquitoes Year-Round Houston, Texas: Swarming with Mosquitoes Year-Round (image credits: unsplash) Houston has become almost infamous for its mosquito problems, and ... Read more The post 15 U.S. Cities Seeing Dangerous Growth in Mosquito Populations appeared first on Climate Cosmos .

As we near the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, non-profit organization Rebuilding Together New Orleans is partnering with the Louisiana Department of Insurance to install fortified roofing systems in the Greater New Orleans area.