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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted on federal conspiracy, fraud and obstruction charges based on accusations that she tried to hide a romantic relationship with her bodyguard, who was paid as if he was working even when they met alone in apartments and traveled to vineyards for wine tasting.

This week marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest U.S. storm since the 1920s. Why it matters: It's going to be an emotional week in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast. Visiting places of significance can help some people cope. Here are some of the memorials in southeast...

“They knew that failure was not an option,” Superdome executive Doug Thorton said, referring to his staff who helped get the Superdome back in order in the year following Katrina.

(NewsNation) — Louis Orduna Jr.’s house in New Orleans was underwater for weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. Paddling his boat through flooded streets, he was determined to get to his home. But when he got there, he found his 90-year-old father had died inside. See “On Air Live: The Hurricane Katrina Tapes,”...

NOLA Cajun ships Louisiana flavor around the world.

A school bus altercation in New Orleans sent a bus monitor to the hospital with serious injuries. According to WVUE, the confrontation took place on Thursday, Aug. 21, involving a bus monitor, a student, and the student’s mother on an Orleans Parish school bus. The monitor, identified as Tamika Jackson, was treated...

A cold front may bring an early taste of fall to much of the Eastern U.S. this week. Why it doesn't matter: Despite some hope that the front could ease some of the pain for us in New Orleans, our regional National Weather Service desk doesn't anticipate that being the case.

When residents of New Orleans East returned home after Hurricane Katrina, many were met with silence. Streets once full of life were empty. Homes stood gutted and broken.

When a group of students filed into the McDonogh 35 High School library one recent morning, Sylvia Crier snapped into action — just as she has for the past six decades. “I didn’t hear a good afternoon,” said Crier, the school librarian who turned 85 this month. “Y’all know better than that.”

For over 60 years, green-feathered Monk parakeets have darted across the Crescent City, squawking from telephone lines and nesting in power poles. Aside from their unique preference for urban nesting, the birds — sometimes called Quaker parrots — are known for building intricate nests made from sticks, often lodged...