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Originally posted April 10, 2012 in The Immigrants’ Civil War. New Orleans was the only major city in the Confederacy, and it was captured by the Union army and navy just a year after the war began. Did the city fall to the Union because its immigrants were fed up with the nativist Know Nothings commanding its...

For about a dozen years, one of the best fried chicken sandwiches in New Orleans has been a street food find, first at a pop-up and later from a food truck. Now Bonafried finally has its own permanent home, with the new restaurant at 3101 Grand Route St. John. The...

Helena Moreno officially becomes the mayor of New Orleans on Jan. 12, but she’s been unofficially acting as the city’s mayor ever since she was elected in October. "Not 24 hours after I was elected mayor, I was pretty much treated like the de facto mayor,” she says.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana charged a Mexican national, Jose Cabrera-Molina, aged 33, with illegal reentry after deportation. As reported on Wednesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Cabrera-Molina was prosecuted via bill of information for a violation which, upon...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell leaves office Monday, closing out eight tumultuous years with a legal storm gathering at her heels. Instead of being remembered for steering the city through COVID-19, Hurricane Ida, and a carousel of crises that demanded steady hands and stubborn resilience, her tenure now appears...

There may be a changing of the guard in LHSAA Division II wrestling. Defending champion Teurlings Catholic is the dominant force, the defending champion and winner of 12 titles in the last 15 years. North DeSoto and Archbishop Rummel also feature strong programs. However, St. Thomas More appears poised to...

After a brief retirement, Tony Martin is back – and this time the veteran jockey agent is representing Jamison Mudd, an apprentice rider at Fair Grounds. “I've seen some good ones come, and some good ones go,” Martin said. “I think this kid has got a lot of talent.”

These were fighting words. Highway billboards appeared in the New Orleans area in 2018, proclaiming that “you are 114 miles away from America’s Original Mardi Gras.”. The billboards, one of ten placed along the borders of Louisiana and Mississippi, were credited to “Sweet Home, Alabama,” a promotional wing of that...

The Pro Bono Publico Foundation announced the funding this week, marking the 11th consecutive year it has awarded more than $1 million.

NEW ORLEANS — Communities across the New Orleans area will mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, with public service projects, cultural celebrations, and parades honoring Dr. King’s legacy. Here is a list of publicly accessible events planned in and around the metro area: