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For New Orleans, the question is not only whether direct cash could help new parents, but whether the city can assemble the recurring funding to provide it. Leaders are exploring a pilot of Rx Kids in New Orleans East, with an estimated annual cost of about $4 million. Officials say the program could address poverty li

The beloved St. Charles Skeleton House display is back, and the owners worked “9 to 5” on a special tribute this year. The home at 6000 St. Charles Ave. scares up some great laughs, using skeletons for “punny” lines. This year, the display paid tribute to...

A 23-year-old man is behind bars for his alleged involvement in a Mid-City triple shooting that killed a man and injured two women, officers announced.

A man was arrested Friday morning in connection with a Mid-City shooting that left a man dead and two female victims injured this week, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Latrell Alexis, 23, was arrested in Gretna on counts of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and illegal possession of..

Two newer parades – one led by an ancient alpine Yuletide creature and the other by a shaggy swamp monster – are helping lead the way in sustainability, accessibility and creativity. – by Matt Sheen. Editor’s note: Swampus parades this year on Saturday, October 3 and Krampus on...

Porch pirates in New Orleans have found a new target, and it is not Amazon boxes. Doorbell cameras in the Lower Garden District and Central City have captured people hauling off potted plants, including a full elephant ear ripped from a porch, and neighbors say the same white SUV keeps showing up at the scene.

The "new" space race is heating up in the Pelican State.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans says it will hold a hearing soon to discuss the future of one of the city’s most endangered historic sites. Preservationists are beefing up efforts to save the boyhood home of the late clarinetist Pete Fountain. He was a musical...

Orleans Parish school leaders address declining enrollment, which could lead to school closures or consolidations, with decisions expected later this year. Larry Jackson, a 1980 graduate of Walter L. Cohen High School, shared his concerns about the potential impact on his alma mater. “High schools are more than schools

New Orleans' public housing authority failed last year to fix electrical hazards, inoperable windows, and other life-threatening problems in its subsidized apartments, federal regulators said in a recent report. All but one of 75 units in the Housing Authority of New Orleans' Section 8 program failed to meet federal sa