A Century Later: The Reunion of Two Branches of Pope Leo’s Family in New...
NOLA.com - 11/16/2025 10:00:00 AM. The recent reunion of two branches of Pope Leo XIV's family, separated for over a century due to racial segregation, has sparked a flurry of discussion. The meeting between Ellen Dionne Alverez, a native of New Orleans, and her long-lost cousins from Chicago was facilitated by a...
Rouses arrival sparks new hope for economic growth, food access in New Orleans East
The excitement is palpable as we watched customers walk into the Winn-Dixie soon to be Rouses on Chef Menteur Highway. “It's been an amazing feeling,” says Donny Rouse, CEO of Rouses. “ As I've been going through these stores this week, I'm getting the same reaction at all the stores. I think the customers and the...
Could artist Jamar Pierre’s Tchoupitoulas Street mural become the longest painting anywhere?
Jamar Pierre says it’s one of the city’s great paradoxes. The Mississippi River is New Orleans’ reason for being. Yet most of the time you can’t lay eyes on it, because the view is blocked. That’s especially true on Tchoupitoulas Street, the Uptown thoroughfare that hugs the river’s edge. All you see on the riverside...
Protesters in New Orleans Block and Force Police to Retreat
A group of protesters blocked NOPD earlier this week as the city prepares for the arrival of ICE and Border Agents
Waymo is bringing its driver-less car service to New Orleans after a successful test...
Waymo is bringing its fully autonomous ride-hailing service to New Orleans. The California based subsidiary of Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced in a Nov. 20 blog post its plans to launch service in the city after a successful test run earlier this year. The post didn't say when the service would begin but...
Gretna restaurant fined for keeping $81,681 worth of workers’ tips, investigators say
The Department of Labor said a Gretna restaurant violated federal law by keeping $81,681 worth of tips meant for servers, a problem that local advocacy groups say is all too common in the industry. Chopsticks Buffet on the West Bank Expressway allegedly ran afoul of the federal Fair Labor Standards...
In heavily Hispanic Kenner, some residents on edge ahead of Border Patrol surge
The Rev. Luis Duarte, pastor at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Kenner, woke up Wednesday morning and took a few phone calls in his office. Then he decided to cancel all group activities at the church, other than mass, this week and the coming weeks. He made the decision, he said, because he’s worried that […]
Mystikal denied bond ahead of rape trial and potential life sentence
A judge has denied bond for Mystikal ahead of his upcoming trial, following his arrest on multiple charges in 2022. The New Orleans rapper (real name Michael Tyler) was hit with charges including first-degree rape, domestic abuse battery-strangulation, and false imprisonment. According to Louisiana First News,...
Kristi Noem Now Leads Controversial Swamp Sweep Raising Fears of Mass Deportations
Border Patrol agents will deploy from New Orleans across multiple parishes.
Person of interest sought in connection with deadly Central City shooting
The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a person of interest in connection with a deadly shooting in Central City. Police are searching for Yashica Thompson, 39. According to police, they were called to the 2100 block of South Claiborne around 6:35 p.m....
