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It would not be unusual to find me at Parasol’s in the Irish Channel on a random weekday night, people watching from the dive bar’s porch as roast beef gravy drips down my arms. I’ve had many a po-boys in my 37 years, but there’s something about a...

Almost four months after a Houston man was shot and killed inside a Metairie apartment, a Jefferson Parish grand jury indicted his accused killer on murder charges. Shaquille Lemay, 23, of New Orleans, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder in the death of 21-year-old Jaden Brown, court records said. Jefferson.

Traveling from Texas to Tennessee is about to get a lot easier, more affordable, and more scenic. Budget-friendly bus service FlixBus will relaunch its Houston-Memphis route later this month, with service starting Thursday, August 27. FlixBus is the largest intercity bus network that offers passengers affordable and co

The Audubon Nature Institute has started the design process for the next phase in its ambitious project to convert two historic French Quarter wharves into a downtown riverfront park. The first phase of the park opened in April at the site of the former Governor Nicholls Street Wharf, after a...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The Parc Fontaine Apartments in Algiers have been sold to a new owner, the Mary Fund, a Connecticut-based nonprofit focused on affordable housing. The complex had been owned by Global Ministries Foundation, a religious nonprofit, and was the subject of multiple Fox 8 Defenders reports. Residents de

Three months after community backlash torpedoed plans to demolish the Ted's Frostop to make way for student housing, developers have revised their plans for an apartment building on the South Claiborne Avenue site. The Robert family, which owns the Frostop building and surrounding properties, is now proposing to preser

The Rev. Jared Rodrigue hopes people arriving to St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church in Slidell this weekend have a hard time finding a seat. “That would be a pretty good problem,” Rodrigue, the church’s pastor, said. Leaders of churches across the Archdiocese of New Orleans are hoping...

A 9-year-old girl in St. Rose got an unexpected escort home this week: a line of St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office patrol deputies rolling past her house to welcome her back after an extended hospital stay tied to a leukemia diagnosis. The parade rolled through the neighborhood on Sunday, marking a milestone moment f

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -In early August, three companies with the New Orleans Fire Department temporarily went dark because they didn’t have enough firefighters to perform certain duties. To qualify for roles such as fire engine operator or ladder operator, firefighters must get required training to receive what’s called “

KENNER, La. (WVUE) - A FOX8 viewer shared a video of masked immigration officers detaining two people in front of a white SUV in Kenner along Veterans Blvd. and the airport access road. A Kenner Police unit was just behind the group as the agents handcuffed the pair. ICE New...