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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - This is a statement from Amtrak on the accident in Grand Bay Sunday morning. On Sunday, April 26, Amtrak train No. 23 was traveling from Mobile, AL, to New Orleans at approximately 7:20 a.m. (CT) when a semi-trailer with an auto rack came into contact with the train on CSX tracks south of Mobile. There have been no reported...

The team representing New Orleans District 1 won the boys/open division of the second annual LHSCA all-star event Saturday at All Star Lanes in Baton Rouge. The tournament matches all-district teams from throughout the state who come together to compete in traditional and Baker games, followed by a stepladder final.

Shane Bacon joins Joe Musso to recap Round 3 of The Zurich Classic of New Orleans on Saturday, April 25th.

New Orleans’ public housing agency is working to make 1,000 affordable apartments available by the end of 2027, in a city that has struggled with an affordable housing shortage. That includes 320 affordable apartments that HANO has made available for lease since January 2025, with new tenants moved in...

If colorful ceramic tiles are your medium and potholes are your canvas, where better to create art than New Orleans?. The Crescent City’s reputation for bumpy, pockmarked streets is ultimately what called the renowned Buffalo Pothole Bandit to town. Hailing from Buffalo, New York, the anonymous street artist travels the U.S. in search of holes and cracks that need filling, packing them with concrete...

A 20-year-old murder warrant and fraud within a horse-racing industry association are among a fresh batch of evidence that federal prosecutors are asking a judge to allow into the next blockbuster trial in New Orleans’ staged accidents saga. At issue in a 55-page government filing last week is whether...

Amid myriad Jazz Fest afterparties throughout New Orleans, The Meters reunited last night for the first time in nearly a decade, playing to a sold-out crowd at The Fillmore. The concert marked the first time George Porter Jr. (bass), Leo Nocentelli (guitar), and Zigaboo Modeliste (drums) reunited under the Meters banner since founding singer and keyboardist Art Neville‘s death in 2019.

NEW ORLEANS — More than 16,000 customers were without power across Louisiana on Saturday, according to parish utility companies. The largest concentration of outages was in Jefferson Parish, where more than 4,000 customers were in the dark. In Plaquemines Parish, more than 2,000 outages were reported. More than 1,000...

On March 27th, New Orleans lost a beloved member of our culinary community. Alfred Singleton, executive chef and co-owner of the landmark French-Creole restaurant Café Sbisa, passed away at the age of 46. Hailing from the Lower 9th Ward, Alfred was a true local success story. Having a passion...

For 19 years, Silence Is Violence, a local organization dedicated to helping victims and survivors of crime, has hosted a peaceful gathering during National Crime Week. On Friday, the organization told WDSU the day is about healing, but also empowering victims’ families to seek resources and continue the fight toward justice.