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New Orleans Police homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in the 3900 block of Downman Road. Police say shortly before 4:30 p.m. Friday, officers were sent to investigate a call of a shooting in that location.

On New Year's Day, the Gretna Police Department reminded the public that the risk of a fatal accident caused by an intoxicated driver on New Year's Eve or Day is 116% higher than usual. The department urged everyone to stay alert, watch for impaired drivers, and call emergency services if...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Mya is ringing in the New Year with an excellent weather report. Sunshine and highs near 70 degrees, can we ask for a better New Year’s Day? Chilly in the morning still, so jackets in the morning. You decide if you want to ditch them in the afternoon sun! Great job […]

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana plans to spend $1.27 billion next year on coastal projects and levees. Absent from the spending will be two projects that had largely defined the state’s restoration efforts. The year 2025 marked a dramatic shift in the state’s strategy for the coast. Under...

It is a night honoring New Orleans’ culture-bearers. The New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Foundation’s annual Honors Gala is happening Friday, Jan. 9, at Mardi Gras World. The Emmy-inspired event takes place from 7 to 11 p.m., celebrating artists, performers and other creatives who help create the city’s unique...

Every new year, people hope to begin by focusing on improving themselves, and now there's a new festival, Intentions Fest in the Warehouse District to help get people on their way.

Mardi Gras 2026 is shaping up to be one for the record books, with Louisiana preparing to welcome thousands of first-time revelers too eager to experience the state's biggest cultural celebration.

In as soon as six weeks, NASA plans to send four astronauts back to the moon. Not to land on it just yet, though that's set to take place on the following mission. This time, they aim to travel in a wide orbit around the moon’s dark side — the first time humans will have left the Earth’s gravitational pull since the...

I’m Mark Rapp, and this is Rapp on Jazz. Snug Harbor, nestled on iconic Frenchmen Street in New Orleans, stands as one of the city’s most influential modern jazz venues. It opened in the early 1980s and played a major role in transforming Frenchmen Street into the vibrant cultural district we know today. At a time...

If the new administration wants to signal a true break from the past, the message should be simple and immediate: fix the furlough situation—and fix it quickly. Show city workers that they are valued, not expendable. Show residents that accountability is real, not rhetorical. The new year has arrived...