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Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating a shooting in the Bywater neighborhood that happened on the night of Friday, Sept. 25.

Despite restrictions on paper at the Orleans Justice Center, drug-soaked paper has spread recently inside the correctional facility, resulting in the arrests of both a deputy and a man in custody last month. In August, former deputy Shion Scott, 23, told Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office investigators he'd participated i

A backup battery program that advocates say will keep the lights on at more than 1,000 New Orleans homes and businesses when the grid goes down has cleared a key hurdle at the City Council, moving the initiative one step closer to reality. The Climate Change and Sustainability Committee on...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans City Councilmember Eugene Green said Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry committed to assisting Green’s district. It remains to be seen what that assistance may look like. “I got some deliverables that I’m going to talk to you more about in November because it involved...

Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are at the scene of a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 10 West near Interstate 610 on the night of Friday, Sept. 25.

The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation is thrilled to welcome festgoers from near and far for the 20th anniversary celebration of the Crescent City Blues & BBQ Festival taking place October 9-11, 2026, in New Orleans’ Lafayette Square Park. Friday’s performances run from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm, and on Saturday and Sund

Praise Fest "On the Bayou" is returning to New Orleans this fall for three days of gospel music, worship, and community celebration. The free, family-friendly festival will celebrate its 17th year from October 16-18 along Bayou St. John. Presented by Versatile Entertainment, Inc. and co-sponsored by the Because I Can..

When I wrote a column about the cold war between Gov. Jeff Landry and New Orleans Mayor. , I said I didn’t like that two important leaders weren’t talking. In fact, I wrote, “This needs to stop,” and suggested a way forward. To make sense of...

On a quiet wing on the fourth floor of Tulane University’s library, visitors are greeted with early 18th Century maps of America, the land carved into colonies by the European powers that ruled it. In one case sits a faded letter from a Spanish administrator to his nephew, Bernardo...

NEW ORLEANS – The Rev. Demetrese Phillips opened the meeting with a prayer, reminding the evangelists, Muslim, Baptists, Presbyterians, Mormons and nondenominational leaders that “social justice is part of our ministry.” Phillips , the senior pastor at Historic St. James AME Church, told them they are experiencing a re