Dolly Parton tribute featured in St. Charles Skeleton House display. Check it out
The beloved St. Charles Skeleton House display is back, and the owners worked “9 to 5” on a special tribute this year. The home at 6000 St. Charles Ave. scares up some great laughs, using skeletons for “punny” lines. This year, the display paid tribute to...
23-year-old man accused in Mid-City triple shooting that left one dead, two injured
A 23-year-old man is behind bars for his alleged involvement in a Mid-City triple shooting that killed a man and injured two women, officers announced.
Man arrested, accused of shooting one to death in Mid-City, injuring two others
A man was arrested Friday morning in connection with a Mid-City shooting that left a man dead and two female victims injured this week, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Latrell Alexis, 23, was arrested in Gretna on counts of second-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder and illegal possession of..
On Parade: Swampus and Krampus
Two newer parades – one led by an ancient alpine Yuletide creature and the other by a shaggy swamp monster – are helping lead the way in sustainability, accessibility and creativity. – by Matt Sheen. Editor’s note: Swampus parades this year on Saturday, October 3 and Krampus on...
New Orleans Porch Pirates Swipe Plants, Not Packages, In White SUV Spree
Porch pirates in New Orleans have found a new target, and it is not Amazon boxes. Doorbell cameras in the Lower Garden District and Central City have captured people hauling off potted plants, including a full elephant ear ripped from a porch, and neighbors say the same white SUV keeps showing up at the scene.
This Gulf Coast university is poised to enter new space race, but it’s not...
The "new" space race is heating up in the Pelican State.
Pete Fountain’s family hopes to save his childhood home
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans says it will hold a hearing soon to discuss the future of one of the city’s most endangered historic sites. Preservationists are beefing up efforts to save the boyhood home of the late clarinetist Pete Fountain. He was a musical...
New Orleans schools face possible closures as enrollment drops
Orleans Parish school leaders address declining enrollment, which could lead to school closures or consolidations, with decisions expected later this year. Larry Jackson, a 1980 graduate of Walter L. Cohen High School, shared his concerns about the potential impact on his alma mater. “High schools are more than schools
New Orleans’ Section 8 housing has ‘life-threatening’ problems, HUD inspector finds
New Orleans' public housing authority failed last year to fix electrical hazards, inoperable windows, and other life-threatening problems in its subsidized apartments, federal regulators said in a recent report. All but one of 75 units in the Housing Authority of New Orleans' Section 8 program failed to meet federal sa
After seven-year closure, Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 set to reopen
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - At Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, death and decay don’t necessarily have to go together, not if Nick Black can do something about it. “Probably one of the most rewarding parts of the job is seeing people’s faces once a tomb that they’ve had in their family for, in some cases, 180 years, is restored,” sa
