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BATON ROUGE (KLFY) — A push to redraw congressional maps and a fight to cut back the New. Orleans court system produced the biggest fireworks in a legislative session that ended Monday. with K-12 teachers still waiting to hear about possible salary stipends. Bids to strengthen local control of...

NEW ORLEANS – Lakeview Hospital has announced that Dewitt Bateman, MD, FACHE, FAHA, will join the organization as Chief Medical Officer, effective June 1. Dr. Bateman brings more than 25 years of experience as a physician leader and healthcare executive, with a proven track record of advancing clinical quality, operati

Ice cream is supposed to be simple, but this tiny parlor in Louisiana takes it to another level entirely. The sundaes here are not your average scoop-and-syrup affair, they are layered constructions with homemade toppings, fresh whipped cream, and flavors you will not find anywhere else, all served in generous portions

Drivers can give their input as a new online survey was launched for the I-12 Corridor Master Plan.

Home is as much a place as it is a feeling passed down through generations of laughter, tragedy and song. Its vessel is people, and for Robin Barnes, “The Songbird of New Orleans,” its creation is a pure act of love and reclamation. A multi–award-winning vocalist and child of the Lower Ninth Ward, Barnes’ ache to write

HICKMAN COUNTY, Ky. — A shelter-in-place order was issued briefly on Sunday, May 31, after a Canadian National Railway train derailed between the towns of Arlington and Clinton in Hickman County. According to KFVS-TV, the derailment was reported about 10:15 p.m. and involved two locomotives and approximately 29 cars, a

Shortly after his inauguration, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a package of tough-on-crime bills that drastically changed the state’s sentencing laws. Now, two years later, the governor is hoping to add even more beds to the state’s largest prison through a newly proposed corrections budget. ProPublica and Verite News...

For Kay Morrison, founder of The Occasional Wife, what began as an escape from the hamster wheel of corporate America quickly evolved into a thriving, multi-pronged business. The New Orleans native has since grown the company to seven retail locations and a team of more than 70 employees. How and...

NEW ORLEANS — A weather-beaten wood frame double near Clematis and Jonquil streets in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood has been an eyesore for decades. On Monday morning, it became a case of demolition by neglect. The roof of the long-blighted property caved in, startling neighbors who were still asleep.

Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday criticized an eleventh-hour audible that state lawmakers called to eliminate the post of Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Rhonda Goode-Douglas as part of a package of judicial cuts in the city. “I have not been part of any of those decisions today,” Landry said in...