City of New Orleans announces overnight shelters for homeless people ahead of extreme heat
The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued an Extreme Heat Warning for Sunday, as temperatures could feel as hot as 115 degrees. An Extreme Heat Watch is also in effect for Monday. New Orleans and Jefferson Parish have opened cooling centers for residents. City officials urge residents to...
YouTuber arrested, accused of posting ‘urban exploration’ of abandoned Esplanade Mall in Kenner
Two days before a 17-year-old boy fell to his death while exploring the long-vacant Plaza Tower high rise in New Orleans, Kenner police arrested a Massachusetts YouTuber accused of entering the similarly-abandoned Esplanade Mall and recording video that was posted online. Stephen Pamaran, 33, was booked Thursday with f
Mother of slain comedian ‘Boogie B’ reflects on journey: ‘A village sprung up around...
Nearly four years after her son was killed in New Orleans, the city he loved, Sherilyn Price can’t muster the strength to watch videos of him. “Hearing his voice, seeing him move, it’s too much for me,” she said. “It just breaks me down.”. Brandon “Boogie...
The 5 Louisiana restaurants that top Yelp’s best in the state for August
In Louisiana , you can always find somewhere good to eat, and you always have a plethora of cuisines to choose from. However, if you can't decide where to go, you may turn to Yelp for a recommendation . Yelp has released its list of the most popular restaurants in Louisiana for August based on user reviews and ratings,
‘The dignity of all life’: At 87, Sister Helen Prejean continues her work and...
It’s been more than three decades since Sister Helen Prejean’s first book, “Dead Man Walking,” chronicled her experiences as spiritual adviser to two men on Louisiana’s death row. Her gritty depiction of their executions renewed the nation’s debate over capital punishment. Prejean is 87...
In search of New Orleans’ Pailet Land, a ‘back of town’ area that led...
Voscoville. Walkertown. Oakdale. Soxahaus. Freetown. The Cut. Amesville. Harlem. Sugar Hill. Tunisburg. Zion City. These and other neighborhood nicknames have histories as fluid as their geographies. They often arise in marginalized spaces, particularly in the “back of town,” and may connote pride, endearment or dispar
New Orleans Police investigate triple shooting in 7th Ward
The New Orleans Police Department says three people were shot late Saturday night in the Seventh Ward.
Three shot during Saturday night fight beneath Claiborne Avenue overpass, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Three people were wounded Saturday night (Aug. 15) when a fight beneath the Claiborne Avenue overpass in the Seventh Ward ended with gunfire, New Orleans police said. Two women and one man sustained gunshot wounds, the NOPD said, but none of the injuries were considered life-threatening,...
Huge ridership, deadly crashes: Growing signs of promise, peril test Amtrak’s Gulf Coast route
The Amtrak route that carries hundreds of passengers a day between New Orleans and Mobile is celebrating a year of extraordinary success and promise, even as its leaders confront growing questions of safety at rail crossings along the Gulf Coast. The route, called the Mardi Gras service, looks like a...
Metairie’s Busiest Youth Sports Park Ditches Grass for $2.5M Turf Makeover
Lakeshore Playground, the busiest youth sports hub on the East Bank of Jefferson Parish, is in the middle of a multi-million-dollar makeover that will strip out all of its grass fields and replace them with synthetic turf. Playground leaders expect the work to wrap up this fall, giving more than 2,000 registered young
