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Mother of slain comedian ‘Boogie B’ reflects on journey: ‘A village sprung up around...

Nearly four years after her son was killed in New Orleans, the city he loved, Sherilyn Price can’t muster the strength to watch videos of him. “Hearing his voice, seeing him move, it’s too much for me,” she said. “It just breaks me down.”. Brandon “Boogie...
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The 5 Louisiana restaurants that top Yelp’s best in the state for August

In Louisiana , you can always find somewhere good to eat, and you always have a plethora of cuisines to choose from. However, if you can't decide where to go, you may turn to Yelp for a recommendation . Yelp has released its list of the most popular restaurants in Louisiana for August based on user reviews and ratings,
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‘The dignity of all life’: At 87, Sister Helen Prejean continues her work and...

It’s been more than three decades since Sister Helen Prejean’s first book, “Dead Man Walking,” chronicled her experiences as spiritual adviser to two men on Louisiana’s death row. Her gritty depiction of their executions renewed the nation’s debate over capital punishment. Prejean is 87...
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In search of New Orleans’ Pailet Land, a ‘back of town’ area that led...

Voscoville. Walkertown. Oakdale. Soxahaus. Freetown. The Cut. Amesville. Harlem. Sugar Hill. Tunisburg. Zion City. These and other neighborhood nicknames have histories as fluid as their geographies. They often arise in marginalized spaces, particularly in the “back of town,” and may connote pride, endearment or dispar
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New Orleans Police investigate triple shooting in 7th Ward

The New Orleans Police Department says three people were shot late Saturday night in the Seventh Ward.
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Three shot during Saturday night fight beneath Claiborne Avenue overpass, NOPD says

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Three people were wounded Saturday night (Aug. 15) when a fight beneath the Claiborne Avenue overpass in the Seventh Ward ended with gunfire, New Orleans police said. Two women and one man sustained gunshot wounds, the NOPD said, but none of the injuries were considered life-threatening,...
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Huge ridership, deadly crashes: Growing signs of promise, peril test Amtrak’s Gulf Coast route

The Amtrak route that carries hundreds of passengers a day between New Orleans and Mobile is celebrating a year of extraordinary success and promise, even as its leaders confront growing questions of safety at rail crossings along the Gulf Coast. The route, called the Mardi Gras service, looks like a...
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Metairie’s Busiest Youth Sports Park Ditches Grass for $2.5M Turf Makeover

Lakeshore Playground, the busiest youth sports hub on the East Bank of Jefferson Parish, is in the middle of a multi-million-dollar makeover that will strip out all of its grass fields and replace them with synthetic turf. Playground leaders expect the work to wrap up this fall, giving more than 2,000 registered young
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Louisiana Eats: High On Hemp

New Orleans has long been seen as a place where alcohol flows freely and drunkenness is a natural state of being. Over the last few years, that may be changing. Don't worry, nobody's getting sober. They've just found an alternative in the form of hemp-derived THC drinks! The Big Easy is now the fourth-largest hemp beve
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Saturday evening brings slight & temporary relief ahead of another day of extreme heat

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi is surely feeling the heat on Saturday and this evening will only bring some slight temporary relief before feeling it all over again on Sunday. The Extreme Heat Warning will expire at 8 p.m. tonight, but will make a comeback...

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