Glass Half Full bets on a bigger future in Chalmette
Glass Half Full started with two Tulane students, a pile of bottles and an idea. Six years later, it's a 25-person company serving three states. Why it matters: The homegrown business has found success solving a problem New Orleans has long struggled with — what to do with all those empty glass bottles.
Expect explosions, low flying choppers around New Orleans this week
Expect military helicopters and the sounds of things blowing up around New Orleans the next few days."The New Orleans Police Department is advising residents and visitors that U.S. military will conduct a scheduled training exercise in the New Orleans metropolitan area
Murder in Mid-City overnight: man dead 2 women wounded
New Orleans Police are looking for a killer after overnight gunfire left a man dead and a woman wounded."The NOPD is currently investigating a shooting that occurred in the 4000 block of Tulane Ave," Senior Police Officer Jonathan Morris said in an email.
Elevance to cut 216 jobs in Louisiana amid Medicaid exit
Elevance Health is laying off 216 employees in Louisiana as part of the wind-down of its Medicaid business in the state. The layoffs are set to take effect by the end of the year at the insurer’s Metairie office, according to a regulatory notice filed with the state Sept. 15.
Masked gunman robs two New Orleans businesses in two days
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A person armed with a gun and wearing a ski mask robbed two New Orleans businesses on consecutive days, according to preliminary police reports. Police made an arrest Saturday but have not said if the two crimes are related. According to preliminary police reports, a masked...
One dead after double shooting in Mid-City, NOPD says
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A male victim died early Monday (Sept. 21) after being wounded in a double shooting in Mid-City, New Orleans Police said. The victim’s identity and age were not immediately disclosed by police, who said a female victim also was shot and wounded at the scene.
New executive director at French Quarter theater; former state rep takes energy association job
South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Nicole Hackmann has been hired as executive director of Le Petit Théâtre Du Vieux Carré, succeeding Don-Scott Cooper. Hackmann, a New Orleans native, previously worked for Fulton Theatre in Lancaster
How This Unique Fusion Restaurant Won Hearts in Gretna, Louisiana
Open Tue-Sat, Lunch 11 AM–2:30 PM, Dinner 5 PM–9:30 PM (closed Sun-Mon) Great restaurants sometimes come from the smallest beginnings, and Banana Blossom in Gretna, Louisiana, is proof. 🍜. Founder Jimmy Cho opened the restaurant in 2009 with just a handful of tables in a small strip mall...
This Little-Known Louisiana Stained Glass Studio Has Been Creating Colorful Works For More Than...
Colored light does not arrive by accident. Someone cut each piece by hand. Someone soldered the lead channels that hold it in place. Someone matched the hue to a pattern drawn decades or centuries before. This studio has been doing that work for over fifty years. Restoring church windows that...
Regulars protested when Emeril’s changed this dessert. Now it lives on at another NOLA...
Will the true Emeril’s banana cream pie please step forward? There are two in play, and embedded in their difference is the story of restaurant evolution and an enduring New Orleans food obsession. The one at Emeril’s Restaurant (800 Tchoupitoulas St.) is a whole, round, towering pie in miniature,...
