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A juvenile has been arrested following a stabbing incident that happened in Algiers on Friday evening, Aug. 1.

The card provides access, but some Louisiana officials are opposed. New Orleans is creating equitable access to identification with its Crescent City ID program. On July 28, Mayor LaToya Cantrell held a ceremony to mark the occasion. At Gallier Hall in the city, the mayor expressed the intent behind the new Crescent...

The winner of the twenty-first Annual Great American Seafood Cook-Off was announced Saturday, Aug. 2. The competition was held in New Orleans.

There’s a secret that locals don’t often share with tourists: the best Cajun food isn’t found in New Orleans’ famous restaurants. I discovered this truth during a spontaneous road trip through Louisiana’s back roads, where hole-in-the-wall eateries and mom-and-pop shops serve up the most authentic Cajun cuisine around.

Less than a month after I moved to Durham for graduate school, Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina. Helene, the deadliest storm to ever hit the state, took 108 lives and caused an estimated $48.8 billion in damage. Less than a year later, Tropical Storm Chantal killed six North Carolinians and did more...

You may notice something new on the roads all around Louisiana, now that there is a newly-designed specialty license plate.

Concern is being raised after New Orleans city officials reportedly moved and in one case destroyed court documents, some of which had lifelong retention requirements.

Four bankrupt multifamily properties, totaling 1,512 units, in New Orleans that were previously owned by Crown Capital are now for sale. Moshe “Mark” Silber, a principal at Somerset, New Jersey-based Crown Capital, was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this year for his role in a conspiracy to commit wire...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday vetoed legislation backed by the New Orleans City Council that proposed reshaping the city attorney's office, part of an escalating legislative showdown between the mayor and council. The ordinance, approved at the council's July 25 meeting, would ask voters on the Nov. 15 ballot to...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke will hold a hold a town hall meeting to discuss current state and federal issues effecting New Orleanians and other south Louisiana residents as well as what voters want to for the future August 7 the Howlin’ Wolf. The forum is free...