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Genre-bending singer-songwriter Teddy Swims treated the French Quarter to a one-of-a-kind performance ahead of his Sunday set at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, joining local vocalist and street performer Jourdan Blue in a pop-up duet on Bourbon Street. Swims, a Georgia native and soul vocalist who is set...

HARAHAN, La. (WGNO) – After a late fifth-inning rally from Jesuit, John Curtis hangs on in game two of its series, advancing to the Division I Select semi-final. The Patriots immediately hit the board jumping out to a 3-0 lead in the first, courtesy of a Luke Martinez three-run homer.

South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Donald Price has been hired by Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann as special counsel. Price began his career as a plaintiff's attorney at Dué, Price, Guidry, Piedrahita and Andrews in Baton Rouge and, most recently, worked on regulatory issues and coastal land loss litigation as special counsel for the Louisiana...

When the name Desi Vega is attached to a restaurant in the greater New Orleans area, you already know it’s going to be something special. 🎉. Desi Vega’s Prime Burgers & Shakes, located at 1640 Hickory Ave in Harahan, Louisiana, takes everything that made Desi Vega a legendary name in the local dining scene and channels it into one gloriously satisfying mission: serve the finest USDA...

New Orleans’ Parkway Bakery & Tavern will head to the Mississippi Coast for one day only this summer, bringing French bread, frying oil and mayonnaise to serve the city’s signature po-boys at White Pillars Restaurant & Lounge. The Biloxi fine dining restaurant announced the June 7 collaboration in...

After two rainy Jazz Fest days, the sun was out with a cool breeze on Saturday. So were the crowds, making for another packed festival Saturday. At one point, the line at the Sauvage entrance stretched all the way to Gentilly Boulevard, and the fest sold out before 3 p.m. — a rarity for a festival that notoriously lets as many people as possible in...

JACKSON, Mississippi — Severe weather risk areas are now introduced for both Tuesday May 5 and Wednesday May 6 across a corridor stretching from the southern Plains through the Deep South, with the threat zone shifting southward between the two days and targeting different communities on each. Mixed-mode convection within a strongly sheared warm sector ahead of a cold front is the setup both...

A Cincinnati Police Department officer is grieving after his 26-year-old son was fatally shot in New Orleans early Saturday morning, according to family members. Nicholas Dent was found in the driver’s seat of his car shortly after finishing a work shift at a sports bar, and local investigators told the family the shooting appears to have followed an encounter that suddenly turned...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The morning clouds are on their way out, and sunshine is pushing back in across southeast Louisiana for Saturday afternoon. A trough swept through the region overnight, dragging a cold front offshore and dropping temperatures into the 50s. Rain wrapped up around sunrise, but expect clouds to linger through most of the morning before skies open up and temperatures climb back...

An accomplished chef, author of “Dac Biet: An Extra-Special Vietnamese Cookbook” (Alfred A. Knopf, 2024), a culinary instructor and a competitor on Bravo’s "Top Chef and Top Chef All-Stars," Nini Nguyen is accustomed to running things in the kitchen. Except when Mary Tran is around. The chef...