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During the April 3rd meeting of the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, there was somewhat of an eerie feeling of fear and uncertainty, however commissioners have a plan to combat this feeling. It was during this meeting that the commission discussed their response to the discovery of a confirmed positive...

Retired WWL morning news anchor David Blake died over the weekend. He was 71. Blake was the voice of WWL news in the mornings for 30 years before his retirement in 2019

After Hurricane Katrina forced a nationwide diaspora of New Orleanians, the displaced resonated with a simple message: Defend New Orleans. The slogan spawned in 2003, when founder Jac Currie started printing it on t-shirts that featured a grinning skull emblazoned with a fleur-de-lis above a musket. But after the...

It seemed like the end of the road for Anita’s Grill when the old school diner finally closed in 2024 after nearly 70 years. But now a new Anita’s is preparing to open in a different location, this time downtown, in a building with its own vintage character.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (KPEL News) — Federal agents arrested six individuals in New Orleans on April 10, including an El Salvadoran national with alleged ties to the violent Gulf Cartel, a major Mexican drug trafficking organization. The coordinated takedown is part of an ongoing FBI investigation into narcotics being...

The Orleans Parish Coroner's Office identified two men killed in an early morning Thursday shooting in the 7th Ward. James E. Newman, 53, and William J. Shoop, 73, were roommates of the suspect, who was apprehended following a four-hour standoff in the French Quarter Thursday. The man reportedly was suffering...

Arshay Cooper remembers an interesting object sitting in his school lunchroom in Chicago’s West Side during the ’90s: a white boat. He had no idea what it was for. “I remember this white lady walking up to me and saying, ‘You want to join a crew team?’” Cooper said.

Fresh fruits and vegetables will now be more affordable for SNAP recipients in six Louisiana parishes.

BATON ROUGE - A new initiative by DCFS is encouraging SNAP recipients to make healthier choices. Starting April 14, SNAP recipients will receive a 30-cent bonus for every dollar spent on fresh fruits and vegetables at stores in certain parishes. The bonus will be applied for shoppers at Walmart locations...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KPEL-FM) - The 2025 regular legislative session is underway in Baton Rouge and delegates are hard at work trying to craft bills that will help alleviate some of the financial burdens that plague the state. One of the first proposed bills that we've heard about deals with actually eliminating a local...