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In January, after years living inside the abandoned navy base on Poland Avenue in Bywater, Tracey Gilbert ended up in a tent at the “End of the World.”. The apocalyptically nicknamed spit of land where the Industrial Canal meets the Mississippi River has long been a spot for dog-walking and fishing. But this year it became the site of another homeless encampment, as...

SEVEN people were killed and dozens more wounded after shootings erupted across the US in a bloody wave of Easter weekend violence. From Atlanta to Brooklyn, Milwaukee, New Orleans, and St. Louis, the bloodshed unfolded over two days as gunfire broke out in parks, neighborhoods, streets and nightlife areas. In...

With few exceptions, the grande dame French Creole restaurants in New Orleans have been led by men for decades. But (finally) that’s changing. With Ella Brennan’s longstanding inspiration, Commander’s Palace led the way, promoting Meg Bickford to executive chef in 2020. Brennan’s in the French Quarter followed suit,...

The energy was electric on Poydras Street Saturday morning as the starting gun fired at 8am, sending 20,000 runners on a 6.2-mile journey through the heart of the Crescent City. While many were running the Crescent City Classic (CCC) for a personal best, a dedicated group is running for something...

Jefferson Parish is seeing strong hiring for experienced leaders this month, especially in Metairie. If you’ve got management skills and want to grow your career locally, these roles are worth a look.

A bicyclist was struck and killed by a car at the intersection of North Claiborne Avenue and Toulouse Street in Treme on Sunday, police said. New Orleans Police Department officials said a 62-year-old woman was attempting to bike across Claiborne when she was struck by a vehicle, police said. The...

LOUISIANA — A 62-year-old woman is dead following a crash involving a bicycle in New Orleans, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police said the crash happened around 11:57 a.m. Sunday at the intersection of Toulouse Street and North Claiborne Avenue in the Treme neighborhood. According to investigators,...

“Mud, mud, mud,” wrote architect Benjamin Latrobe of New Orleans in 1819; “this is a floating city, floating below the surface of the water on a bed of mud.”. Soil scientists would not disagree, and actually use terms like “sticky,” “muck” and “gumbo” in the federal government’s official Orleans Parish soil survey....

More than 20,000 people took to the streets of New Orleans to participate in the 48th annual Crescent City Classic 10K race that occurs yearly on the Saturday before Easter. This year marked the second straight sold-out Crescent City Classic, which took its traditional route beginning near the Caesars Superdome and...

METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — Starting off the Easter weekend, the pots begin to boil, and more crawfish are thrown in than nearly any other time of the year. For each of the three days, the Captain Sid’s Seafood team goes through roughly 6,000 pounds of boiled crawfish. As...