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In addition to two storied eateries, New Orleans will lose what owners describe as the "best, worst, and only Deadhead store in the French Quarter" this month as a nearly nine-month infrastructure project drags on along Decatur Street. "We already had a going-away party," said Kelsey Wolf, co-owner of Dead...

GRETNA, La (WVUE) - Red, white and blue decorations line downtown Gretna ahead of the city’s America 250 celebration Sunday. The event will include a USA field day and a patriotic parade down Huey P Long Avenue. Walking units will represent every Jefferson Parish municipality. “It’s not every year...

I read that my favorite grocery store, Dorignac’s, was named one of the “most legendary grocery stores in the South” by Southern Living. The story mentioned its original location in the Lower Garden District. Where was it and when did they open in Metairie?. Dorignac’s Food Center...

The long-awaited redevelopment of the former Six Flags New Orleans property has encountered another major obstacle, as disagreements between the property owner and the development team threaten the future of the project. The conflict involves the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA), which owns the property, and

NEW ORLEANS, La. — A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Thursday morning on one of New Orleans’ most recognizable thoroughfares, prompting an active investigation as authorities search for the driver responsible. The fatal collision occurred at the intersection of St. Charles Avenue and Robert Street...

As New Orleans’ public housing authority prepares to take direct control of a Central City housing complex, federal officials this week gave a stinging critique of the site’s management and urged the authority to block all funding to its management partner. That management partner, the Guste Homes Resident...

French Quarter owners are planning to take legal action as they say a Sewerage and Water Board project on Decatur is affecting their bottom lines. Recently, there have been block parties in an effort to bring in foot traffic, but they say the extra efforts aren’t offsetting all the construction.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Next week, all tenants at The Willows apartments in New Orleans East must move out. The change comes four years after our FOX 8 Defenders reports first exposed the deplorable living conditions at the complex. At the time, it was owned by a religious nonprofit. Now, the new owners say they are commi

New Orleans police this week touted "Operation Speed Bump," a multi-agency crackdown on an illegal street takeover promoted on social media and described by officials as an unsanctioned counterpart to the fully permitted Gumball 3000 rally that rolled through Bourbon Street last Saturday night. Though NOPD Superintende

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man was stabbed in the head and hand during a fight in the French Quarter on Friday night (June 12), police said. The incident happened around 8:24 p.m. in the 400 block of Burgundy Street. The victim and suspect got into an argument, according to...