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A person was shot once in the body just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday near Papani Drive and Chef Menteur Highway in New Orleans East, and police still haven't said how the victim is doing or why the gunfire happened. Emergency medical services rushed the victim to the hospital from the scene, but authorities have not release

There is a timeless feel at Casamento’s Restaurant, the tile-clad oyster mecca on Magazine Street that dates to 1919. But time is catching up, and it seems change is ahead. Among Casamento’s many quirks is an annual summertime closure, which is underway now. Regulars know to check if that summer hiatus has begun before

Floats and marching bands rolled down 7th Street NW on Saturday as thousands lined D.C.’s Chinatown for a Mardi Gras parade that had been seven months in the making. The procession, organized by the Krewe of Pyros, finally hit the pavement after January’s snowstorm forced organizers to postpone the original winter date

The Greater New Orleans area is always able to provide locals and tourists plenty of things to see and do every single day. This weekend, NOLA Comic Con has set itself up at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner for fans of pop culture to check out and enjoy. One of...

For this ranking, I set my sights on 9 Popeyes chicken items. My goal was to determine the best of the collection when they were pitted against one another.

When does a food trend evolve into a local fixture? It dawned on me that this has happened with bagels in New Orleans during a recent trip to New York City. For once, in the American heartland of bagels, I felt no need to have one. I knew my cravings were well handled back home in New Orleans, and that’s new.

The New Orleans tap water system is stuck in a quagmire. The Sewerage & Water Board spends millions of dollars every year to capture, treat and distribute billions of gallons of Mississippi River water to residents and businesses. Most of that water seeps back into the ground through dilapidated pipes, an enormous wast

A dog was reportedly attacked and taken by an alligator Saturday while a woman was walking it near the Kenner lakefront, according to police. Kenner police said the woman reported she was walking her dog near the Gabriel Pumping Station when the alligator attacked and took the dog into the water, the department said in

Things have come a long way since the Romans perfected hydraulic concrete around 300 B.C. and modern Portland cement was invented in 1824. While concrete has become crucial to the functioning of a municipality, it is not a very exciting thing to contemplate. We float through our days oblivious to the many concrete step

By Kara Kimbrough By Kara Kimbrough It’s hard to believe, but a little more than half of 2026 has already slipped away. The halfway point (give or take a few […]