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The Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office formally filed charges against a pair of brothers from Kenner accused of pretending to be a juvenile in online chats in order to blackmail a man they alleged exchanged sexually inappropriate messages with them. Frank Thompson, 22, and Butch Thompson, 26, are accused of...

Discover which 10 US cities are hemorrhaging residents in 2026, risking sharp drops in home values by 2027.

This story is from Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action, in partnership with The Guardian and with contributions from The Louisiana Illuminator. Sign up for Floodlight’s newsletter here. Kimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tan

A new sushi and hibachi restaurant is slated to open in the ground floor of a downtown parking garage by the end of the year, bringing the flamboyant flat top grilling style to a long-vacant space on the edge of the Central Business District. Uni Sushi & Hibachi is set...

In New Orleans, southern Italian cooking usually points to Creole Italian, the adaptation of Sicilian traditions specific to southeast Louisiana. Soon though, a new restaurant in the Marigny will open with a menu drawn directly from what people in Italy understand as southern Italian cooking from the mainland — the tra

Steven Vicknair of Belle Chasse proved that the old adage, “better late than never,” can apply to fishing. Vicknair, a tug boat captain, worked the night of July 9, so he got a late start the next day in the Blue Boot Rodeo out of Grand Isle. Fishing with his father-in-law, Gary Voiron, and his daughter, Nora Vicknair,

Ronal Serpas confirmed to WWL on Monday that he will not seek the office, despite saying last month that he was interested in running for the post last month after Randy Smith resigned from office.

In a patch of twisted old yew trees on the edge of New Orleans' West End Park, a wooden bench beckons passersby to take a load off and listen to the birds twitter. Where the clump of non-native trees came from is largely a mystery — they’ve been there for as long as anyone nearby can remember.

“Used to be, the saying was, ‘Where goes New Orleans, where goes the state,'” Gov. Jeff Landry told reporters this month. “That has changed.”  If New Orleans’ standing has fallen, it fell on his watch. A governor dismissing his own state’s largest city is not a burn. It is a confession. And the audience is […]

A tropical depression formed in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday morning and is expected to reach tropical storm strength as it approaches the Florida Panhandle early in the coming week, according to the National Hurricane Center. A tropical storm watch is in effect for portions of Florida and NHC forecasters...