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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – At one point we had three areas of interest in the tropical Atlantic and now we’re down to only one with rather questionable chances of possible formation. According to the National Hurricane Center, there’s “an area of low pressure, associated with a tropical wave...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A former New Orleans Police Department officer says the agency she used to work for failed her after her son was allegedly killed by a man wanted on five outstanding warrants. “It’s a slap in my face to have my son killed in the streets —...

Tulane University has moved its fledgling nursing program into a newly renovated space in its Downtown Campus Center on Tulane Avenue, the university’s latest shift in its downtown expansion anchored by the Charity Hospital project. The new space will allow the program to take on more students, university officials...

The New Orleans Fire Department battled a three-alarm fire in a multi-family home on Napoleon Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 20. NOFD Captain Quentin Brown said firefighters first responded to a call around 6:47 p.m. Twenty-seven NOFD units and more than 70 personnel were deployed. Firefighters used two aerial units to...

Louisiana has given the world some of the most distinctive voices in American music, shaped by a cultural mix unlike anywhere else in the country. From New Orleans jazz and rhythm and blues to country, rock, gospel, soul, and Cajun traditions, singers from the Pelican State have carried unforgettable sounds onto stages

New Orleans Police say a man faces charges after allegedly running down and stabbing a pair of people who had been in his home.

A line of storms began crossing Southeast Louisiana before dawn with winds gusting near 40 miles per hour and heavy rain.By 6:00am, there were about 6,000 power outages from Baton Rouge to St. Tammany Parish.

Nearly four years after a fire damaged Austerlitz Street Baptist Church, its congregation is preparing to gather inside the restored building once again. The Uptown church will hold a rededication ceremony at 2 p.m. Aug. 30, marking a major milestone in the church’s recovery. The New Orleans Fire Department...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted the federal permit authorizing construction of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT), clearing the way for the nation’s only new greenfield container port currently under development – a project positioned to turbocharge the economy of Greater New Orleans, redefine Gulf

For 30 years, the July 4th weekend in New Orleans was the sole purview of the Essence Festival of Culture. This year, with its contract with the city up for renewal, Essence may face competition. In a letter sent to Essence officials last week, a steering committee appointed by Mayor...