New Orleans Police Seek Public Help to Locate Suspected Illegal Dumper Kenthro Roach
The New Orleans Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for illegal dumping. The suspect, identified as Kenthro Roach, a Black male born on November 16, 1977, is wanted in connection with an incident that occurred last month. According to the New Orleans...
New taxes, higher fees in Cantrell’s plan to fix city budget
Mayor LaToya Cantrell has proposed new taxes and increased parking and sanitation fees to help the city plug its budget hole next year. Why it matters: Her proposal puts the financial burden on residents, who already say the cost of living is a top concern. The big picture: Cantrell and...
Sugar, art, and death: the strange birth of New Orleans’ most beautiful building
Isaac Delgado’s Sugar Fortune Built New Orleans’ First Museum. Isaac Delgado came to New Orleans at age 14 with big dreams but little else. The Jamaican teen joined his uncle’s sugar business in the 1850s, working first as a clerk and later as a bookkeeper. Over time, he built his own fortune trading sugar along the...
Mayor Cantrell’s closing act will end with a cliffhanger
As Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s time in office winds down, questions are growing about how her administration will ultimately be remembered. With a federal fraud trial still pending, the conclusion of her tenure remains anything but simple.
Louisiana’s 5 Best Kept Secret Crawfish Buffets
The website myfamilytravels.com has just released their list of all-you-can-eat crawfish buffets that they say are some of Louisiana's "best kept secrets".
Three Elayn Hunt inmates died over the last month, investigation underway, officials say
The deaths of three Elayn Hunt Correctional Center inmates over the last month are being investigated, with coroner and toxicology reports in the works, Iberville Parish Sheriff Brett Stassi said. A 45-year-old inmate at the St. Gabriel prison died on Sept. 26. A 22-year-old died on Wednesday, and a 65-year-old...
New Orleans, Baton Rouge Least Safe Cities in America
Louisiana's three largest cities ranked near the bottom of a national safety study. Baton Rouge placed 179th out of 182, with New Orleans close behind at 178th.
Indigenous Peruvians saw themselves in a devotional sculpture of the falling Christ, at NOMA
This masterpiece of Peruvian viceregal painting was made in the late 17th or early 18th century in one of the Indigenous workshops that proliferated in Cusco after the Inca painters declared their independence from the European-led painters’ guild. The composition mimics the illusionistic recessed space of an...
New interactive game debuts at Louisiana’s largest inclusionary playground
METAIRIE (WVUE) - A new interactive game that challenges children to hunt for cricket sounds while making new friends has debuted at Lafreniere Park’s Tripp’s Treehouse, adding a new element to Louisiana’s largest inclusionary playground. The cricket hunting game is the first of its kind in the...
Letters: National Guard here, there and everywhere
Gov. Jeff Landry has asked for soldiers to be deployed to New Orleans, Shreveport, Baton Rouge and Alexandria to combat perceived crimes. He shouldn't stop at those cities; our state is rife with places that glorify crime. Troopers should occupy Gibsland in Bienville Parish. The citizens there are so enamored of...
