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As the new head of high school, Dr. Kendall McManus-Thomas fits in like one of the 1,200 students at Warren Easton Charter High School.

More information has been released about the suspected million-dollar drug manufacturing operation Jefferson Parish authorities uncovered inside a Metairie home last week, including details about a confrontation between detectives and the man accused of running the lab. According to probable cause documents obtained by

Architect James Freret designed the house at 937 Esplanade Avenue in 1884 for the Lanaux family, and the building has spent the years since collecting stories. Freret worked in Victorian Gothic, and the result reads as more vertical and more ornamented than the Creole townhouses a few blocks deeper into the Quarter. La

One of New Orleans’ most distinctive, defining accents — the “Yat” — is disappearing. A recent study published by the American Dialect Society, titled “Yats No More,” reveals that the White, working-class accent has been fading among younger speakers, especially after Hurricane Katrina, which “may prove in years to com

A Louisiana appeals court has thrown out two 30-year-old murder convictions against a New Orleans man, ruling that authorities failed to turn over key evidence tied to one of the city's most notorious corrupt police officers before his 1995 trial. Manuel Nelson, now 56, had been serving two life sentences for the July

Ye made his long-awaited return to New Orleans, performing for more than 65,000 fans at the Caesars Superdome in his first performance in the city in 13 years. Produced by IKON Presents, the sold-out event became another major milestone in Ye’s 2026 stadium run and featured a 41-song set spanning his career. The perfor

This article was first published by Capital B. Across a rural pocket of cotton and soybean fields in northeast Louisiana, Meta, the eighth most profitable company in the world, is attempting to build America’s largest data center. The project, which is located in Richland Parish, an area home to...

A 7-and-a-half-foot alligator was captured near City Park over the weekend, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries officials said. The alligator was captured on Saturday by a nuisance trapper. It was later euthanized, an LDWF spokesperson confirmed. Photos and video of the captured alligator taken by the Marcon

Everybody knows the old saying that “absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It’s a maxim as old as time, and the lesson of any number of works of fiction — and history textbooks. But there’s a corollary to that basic truth, one which Louisianians everywhere should be concerned...

The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office on Monday identified the man shot to death inside a car near the Universal Furniture store in the West Lake Forest neighborhood last week. Brian Westbrook, 29, was one of two passengers inside a vehicle when gunfire rang out in the 5700 block of...