Masked gunman robs two New Orleans businesses in two days
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A person armed with a gun and wearing a ski mask robbed two New Orleans businesses on consecutive days, according to preliminary police reports. Police made an arrest Saturday but have not said if the two crimes are related. According to preliminary police reports, a masked...
One dead after double shooting in Mid-City, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A male victim died early Monday (Sept. 21) after being wounded in a double shooting in Mid-City, New Orleans Police said. The victim’s identity and age were not immediately disclosed by police, who said a female victim also was shot and wounded at the scene.
New executive director at French Quarter theater; former state rep takes energy association job
South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Nicole Hackmann has been hired as executive director of Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré, succeeding Don-Scott Cooper. Hackmann, a New Orleans native, previously worked for Fulton Theatre in Lancaster
How This Unique Fusion Restaurant Won Hearts in Gretna, Louisiana
Open Tue-Sat, Lunch 11 AM–2:30 PM, Dinner 5 PM–9:30 PM (closed Sun-Mon) Great restaurants sometimes come from the smallest beginnings, and Banana Blossom in Gretna, Louisiana, is proof. 🍜. Founder Jimmy Cho opened the restaurant in 2009 with just a handful of tables in a small strip mall...
This Little-Known Louisiana Stained Glass Studio Has Been Creating Colorful Works For More Than...
Colored light does not arrive by accident. Someone cut each piece by hand. Someone soldered the lead channels that hold it in place. Someone matched the hue to a pattern drawn decades or centuries before. This studio has been doing that work for over fifty years. Restoring church windows that...
Regulars protested when Emeril’s changed this dessert. Now it lives on at another NOLA...
Will the true Emeril’s banana cream pie please step forward? There are two in play, and embedded in their difference is the story of restaurant evolution and an enduring New Orleans food obsession. The one at Emeril’s Restaurant (800 Tchoupitoulas St.) is a whole, round, towering pie in miniature,...
A Real New York-Style Pizza Slice Exists Right Here In Louisiana
Finding a proper New York fold in a city known for po-boys and gumbo sounds unlikely. This Magazine Street institution has been proving the concept since nineteen eighty. Thin-crust pizza pairs with French-style dough that gives the slice a Louisiana twist nobody saw coming. The founders opened the corner spot over fou
Deluge Of Copper Arriving In US Leaves New Orleans With Logjam
Sep 18, 2026 (Bloomberg) –There’s nothing outwardly remarkable about the journey of the Nord Norfolk, a Liberian-flagged bulk carrier sailing across the Atlantic toward New Orleans. But the boat is loaded with roughly half a billion dollars of African copper, the highest market value for a single commodity...
New Orleans police investigating armed robbery in Lower 9th Ward
A man has been arrested in connection with an armed robbery in the Lower 9th Ward. New Orleans police say the incident happened at a business in the 5000 block of North Claiborne Street around 11:49 a.m. on Saturday. According to police, the suspect entered the business dressed in all...
$50,000 lottery ticket sold in Chalmette
A $50,000 lottery ticket was sold in Chalmette Saturday, Sept. 19.
