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OPERATION RESTORATION JUNETEENTH COMMUNITY FESTIVAL: Operation Restoration (OR), a New Orleans-based organization founded to support women and girls affected by incarceration, will host the fourth annual festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on June 19 at PotBelly NOLA, 2908 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in New Orleans. The free eve

When I’m home and relaxing, I still listen to what got me started with all this – the roots or foundation of r&b. A tree without roots is dead, man, and while I’m still around, I ain’t gonna let that happen!. Well, you know, growing up...

The tuna crudo at Pluck wine bar was dressed, very lightly, the way we all should be in the summer. The rosé poured beside it was silky-smooth, crisp and just right next to the velvety tuna gleaming with an earthy and mellow salsa macha with fresh summer blackberries. But...

A high-ranking prosecutor in New Orleans’ U.S. Attorney’s Office who led the pending criminal case against former mayor LaToya Cantrell has been withdrawn from her prosecution team and placed on leave, as the office’s top prosecutor says the Justice Department has opened an investigation into “allegations of employee m

There’s an increasingly narrow strip of New Orleans marshland that hardly anyone lives on, but without it, hundreds of thousands of people will face far greater risks from storms and floods. The area, commonly called the New Orleans Land Bridge, stretches from New Orleans East to St. Tammany Parish...

Frustrated Decatur Street business owners June 16 demanded answers from the Sewerage & Water Board and other city officials over their handling of the long languishing construction along the popular French Quarter strip, what they’ll do to help them survive, and perhaps most important — when it will finally end.

An Alexandria man pled guilty on June 9 to willfully calling in a bomb threat to the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.

NEW ORLEANS – On May 28, the Sheraton New Orleans hosted North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026, a ceremony celebrating the standout restaurants and industry leaders across the region, including three Louisiana restaurants. Sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, the North America’s 50 Best Restaurants 2026 is a...

New Orleans Police homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting in the 1200 block of Batholomew Street, in the St. Claude neighborhood.

For the second time in a week, a French Quarter restaurant contending with slow-rolling infrastructure work and road closures on Decatur Street has closed. This time it’s LUFU NOLA at 1117 Decatur St. “We tried everything we could, but it reached the point where we couldn’t keep it open,”...