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Kenner police are investigating a crash that killed a 65-year-old man who was riding an e-bike Wednesday night. The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office identified the victim as Keith Johnson of Kenner. The crash occurred about 9 p.m. on Loyola Drive at West Esplanade Avenue, according to Kenner Police Deputy Chief...

A new Chick-fil-A drive-thru location is set to open in Gretna on June 11 at 6 a.m. To celebrate, the Chick-fil-A team is hosting a Moove-In party on opening day.

The New Orleans flood protection authority’s embattled police chief, whose pay and self-drafted employment contract had drawn scrutiny from state lawmakers, has been placed on administrative leave, an adviser to Gov. Jeff Landry said Thursday. Joshua Rondeno was placed on leave with pay late Wednesday “pending an inves

The Thursday afternoon rush at Loyola Drive and West Esplanade Avenue in Kenner turned tragic when a 65-year-old man on an electric bicycle collided with a car and later died at the hospital. First responders rushed him from the scene, and parts of the busy intersection were shut down for about an hour while officers a

HAHNVILLE, La. — As tech giants scout for new data center locations, one local parish is setting boundaries before the bulldozers even arrive. This week, St. Charles Parish became the first in southeast Louisiana to put proactive regulations on the books for these massive, energy-hungry facilities. The Parish Council v

Crab legs and ceviche are out and kabobs and shawarma are in at a Lakeview spot now being renovated to become a new location for a familiar local restaurant name. Boil & Barrel has closed at 900 Harrison Ave. after about nine months in business. The address will soon become the latest outpost of Byblos, the local Middl

The New Orleans Police Department plans to spell out a fresh crackdown on illegal street takeovers at a 1:30 p.m. news conference Monday, following a flurry of viral clips showing cars spinning doughnuts, burning rubber and blocking intersections across the city. Officials say the gatherings have grown more brazen and

A teacher at Bridge City Center for Youth was arrested Wednesday after authorities say he put a detained juvenile in a chokehold. Levelle Walker, 63, was booked with malfeasance in office, cruelty to a juvenile and simple battery, according to an arrest register. He was taken into custody at the juvenile detention cent

Unauthorized "car clubs" are advertising a New Orleans event on Saturday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal grand jury has indicted a 40-year-old Sweet Springs, Missouri, man with manufacturing explosives and distributing information linked to the terror attack in New Orleans last year and the apartment explosion in Odessa last month. According to an affidavit filed in support of the...