University of New Orleans targets 6,000 students as LSU transition nears
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The University of New Orleans is working to change its trajectory as it transitions to LSU New Orleans on July 1. Leaders aim to boost enrollment and revenue to keep the campus competitive. Interim chancellor Jeanette Weiland said she wants at least 6,000 students enrolled this fall.
Letters: New Orleans can welcome Broadway when tourists flee Mamdani
Here is an idea that would dynamically build the population, business revenue and tax base of New Orleans. The annual sales of theater tickets in New York City exceed $2 billion. That industry would fit our tourist economy perfectly. Best of all, we have free marketing from Mayor Zohran Mamdani as his high taxes and in
Letters: Demise of local banking has hurt consumers
Our state has an opportunity to confront a simple but important question: Who does our banking system truly serve?. Over the past two decades, consolidation and acquisitions have done more than close branches in certain neighborhoods. They have fundamentally changed how capital flows through communities like New Orlean
New Orleans bartenders are obsessed with this bitter last-call shot. What makes it so...
At best, New Orleans bartenders will tell you the bitter burn of Underberg is an acquired taste, one you learn to appreciate after years behind the bar. At worst?. “It tastes like the absence of your mother’s love,” Pal’s Lounge bartender Laura Walch said. It was almost...
Louisiana welcome world’s tall ships as first stop on nationwide Sail 250 celebration
Louisiana is proud to be the first stop as America welcomes the tall ships of the world for a nationwide celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. Between May 27 and June 1, 2026, New Orleans will celebrate America’s Sestercentennial with the largest-ever flotilla of tall ships from around the world creating a majest
Tension brewed over a blighted Mid-City house. Then, gunfire and a Tulane psychiatrist’s arrest.
A few weeks before gunfire rang out on Banks Street in an ongoing dispute over an abandoned house, printed messages appeared in mailboxes, asking neighbors to take action. "The man in charge of the property at 3217 Banks is Mr. Carlos Liriano," the leaflets read. "Please consider reaching out to him with a text or a ca
NOPD detectives reveal Algiers kidnapping was falsely reported
The New Orleans Police Department released new information in connection to the alleged kidnapping incident in Algiers.
Man sentenced in 2022 New Orleans mass shooting
A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2022 mass shooting in New Orleans that killed two and wounded four others.
Tall ships are here: New Orleans is the first stop
They are the tall ships of the world that are floating into the Port of New Orleans.
New Orleans Saints, Pelicans owner Gayle Benson donates $200,000 to JLNO Diaper Bank
The Junior League of New Orleans has announced it received a $200,000 donation from New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson, which will help expand the impact of the Diaper Bank. The Diaper Bank is a cornerstone program that provides essential hygienic products to families across the Greater New...
