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If there weren't children climbing on the bark-like exterior of the new sprawling playground structure in Lafreniere Park, Tripp's Treehouse could blend into the surrounding trees. The new disability-friendly playground, named after the park's first director, is the latest addition to Metairie's biggest park. On...

Three of Cantrell’s top and most loyal staff officers were shocked when she suddenly changed her mind and inappropriately issued an emergency declaration to give Henry Consulting a no-bid contract beginning at the end of this month.

(KMDL-FM) Across Louisiana, we are in the final three weeks of summer. No, not as defined by the calendar, but as defined by the school systems across the state. Yeah, it's hard to believe, but many school-age children from Lafayette, Lake Charles, New Orleans, Alexandria, and Baton Rouge will be heading back to...

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The votes are rolling in for the Times-Picayune's second ever sno-ball bracket and it's down to the final three: Sal's Sno-Ball Stand, Costanza's Sno-Balls & Soft Serve and Hansen's Sno-Bliz. These finalists were determined by you, our summer sweets samplers, and tallied after thousands of votes through successive...

United Parcel Service Inc., the Atlanta-based package delivery company, said Monday that it plans to close part of its New Orleans East distribution hub for a renovation in September, a move that will impact 177 part- and full-time employees. The New Orleans East "streamlining" is part of the major overhaul...

A New Orleans organization that received state dollars to provide job training and placement and help prevent evictions spent nearly half of it to hold charitable bingo games that cost more money than they brought in, according to the Louisiana Legislative Auditor. Its audit, made public Monday, looked into how the...

BATON ROUGE, La. — If he’s ever recaptured, Derrick Groves awaits two life prison sentences with no shot at parole. It’s an incentive to remain free that appears ample for Groves, who on Wednesday completed his second month in hiding as the last, and some fear most dangerous, of the 10 Orleans Parish jail detainees...

Da Jump Off Lounge, a 7th Ward music club, sits on North Claiborne Avenue at the foot of a long on-ramp that ascends to Interstate 10 heading west. It was there on the street, a few minutes into Fat Tuesday last year, that the fates of two New Orleans men collided.

Of the dozens of parties spread throughout New Orleans during the annual Tales of the Cocktail event, the Jack Daniel's party is always notorious for its surprise — and sometimes star-studded — musical acts. This year, Run The Jewels, the rap duo of Killer Mike and El-P, took...