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NEW ORLEANS — As families gather to celebrate the New Year and settle in for meals, the ASPCA warns pet owners that many traditional holiday foods can be harmful or deadly to dogs and cats. Pet owners who believe their animal has ingested a toxic food are urged to...

A man was found dead in a New Orleans housefire Sunday, Dec. 28.

A man is dead after a truck crash in Marrero Sunday, Dec. 28.

Legendary bassist George Porter Jr. celebrated his 78th birthday on Christmas day at New Orleans’ iconic Maple Leaf Bar. Porter, whose actual birthday falls on December 26th, took the stage alongside his longtime backing band, the Runnin’ Pardners, featuring Mike Lemmler on keyboards, Terrence Houston on drums, and...

In the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter, where tourists flock to flashy restaurants with neon signs and hosts barking specials, sits an unassuming brick building that locals know holds culinary treasures worth their weight in gold. Coop’s Place doesn’t look like much from the outside – just another...

More people packed into the pews at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans East on a Monday evening last month than many churches see on an average Sunday service. Longtime Pastor Fred Luter Jr. had announced plans to retire from his role leading the church on his 40th anniversary next fall. And for his...

As the New Year approaches, we would like to take a moment to remember the lives lost in the early morning hours of 2025, when a truck driven by a terrorist rammed through a crowd of revelers on Bourbon Street. It was the worst terror attack our state has ever seen, and the shock and grief we felt then in many ways...

Jon Wool, who spent 12 years in New Orleans working to improve the criminal-justice system, died Dec. 18 at New York University’s hospice center in Brooklyn. He was 67. He died of brain cancer, said Melody Chang, who worked with Wool in New Orleans on a program to reduce jail population.

Empty churches on Christmas are now a reality for many Hispanic churches.

NEW ORLEANS — Reaching 100 years of life is no small feat, and for Odette Logan, it was a milestone worth celebrating the New Orleans way. Logan officially joined the “century club” on Dec. 26, and on Saturday afternoon, friends, family and neighbors gathered outside her Broadmoor home to mark the occasion with a...