Louisiana Derby draws international crowd to Fair Grounds
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - About 8,000 horse racing fans from as far away as Dubai attended the 113th running of the Louisiana Derby at Fair Grounds on Saturday, with $1 million on the line. French jockey Flavien Prat on Emerging Market won the race by a nose at the wire,...
French Quarter vendors, restaurants celebrate as fencing comes down near Jackson Square
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A French Quarter intersection reopened Friday (March 20) after nearly nine months of construction that blocked pedestrian traffic and disrupted businesses along one of the area’s busiest corridors. The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans replaced aging, decaying water lines that sat...
No insurance? Kenner police say drivers risk having cars towed
KENNER, La. — Police in Kenner say drivers without insurance could have their vehicles towed and impounded as part of a stricter enforcement effort. The department says officers will take action if a driver is found operating a vehicle without valid liability insurance on public roads. If a vehicle...
Why wasn’t Tennessee Williams buried in New Orleans? Errol Laborde tracked down his grave.
I once spent an afternoon in Calvary Cemetery looking for Tennessee Williams’ hard-to-find burial site in St. Louis, Missouri, his hometown. The annual Tennessee Williams and New Orleans Literary Festival is this weekend, March 25-29, marking its 40th anniversary. It brings that day in St. Louis to mind because of a...
Blakeview: Author F. Scott Fitzgerald had a brief, pre-fame stint in New Orleans
With the Broadway musical version of “The Great Gatsby” playing this week at the Saenger Theatre, we take a closer look at author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s connection to New Orleans. The city’s place in literary history is well-known, as a home and inspiration to greats such as Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, William...
Willows Apartments Sold At Auction In New Orleans East
A Los Angeles investor has taken a high-stakes gamble on one of New Orleans East’s most notorious apartment complexes, shelling out $3.75 million at a federal auction Friday for The Willows. The buyer, Mikael Pyles, now controls a sprawling property that residents and city officials have long described as unsafe. He...
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno: The cop retirement system harms LA cities and towns
Cities across Louisiana, including New Orleans, are raising concerns about the Municipal Police Employees Retirement System (MPERS) and its penalizing tactics that are harming local police departments, especially in smaller cities. These issues, which are now garnering attention ahead of the legislative session, are...
Pre-dawn Hollygrove Drop-off Turns Violent as Driver Is Stabbed
An early Saturday drop-off in Hollygrove turned bloody when a driver was stabbed multiple times after stepping in to help a friend, New Orleans police said. The victim had pulled up in the 8800 block of Olive Street to drop off a friend when a woman allegedly began attacking that friend. When the driver intervened,...
Armed Robbery At Seabrook Park Shakes New Orleans East
An early-evening hangout at a Seabrook neighborhood park turned into a gunpoint stickup Friday, as New Orleans police say multiple suspects rolled up in three separate cars and robbed a victim before speeding off. According to NOPD, the armed robbery happened around 5:45 p.m. on March 20 in the 7700 block of Chase...
New Orleans personal injury attorneys found guilty in staged collisions case
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice announced that personal injury attorneys Vanessa Motta and Jason Giles were found guilty on all charges regarding the staged collisions trial on Friday, March 20. Throughout this three-week jury trial, the...
