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NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -Most people have a favorite holiday song—or maybe one they can’t stand. But chances are, you haven’t written your own Christmas tune. One New Orleans man did. And to take it a step further, he got help from artificial intelligence. We visited him in...

Bobby Marchan, who dressed in drag, sang and launched a rap label, found success in New Orleans for nearly 50 years. “The spotlight-loving Marchan ruled over New Orleans stages,” 64 Parishes states. “Singing brought Marchan his greatest national fame.”. Born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1930, Marchan’s given name...

Great Thai cooking can feel like a revelation of flavors, with sour, spicy, fermented and fresh alternating from bite to bite. That’s a bit like what it feels like to walk into Chada (3420 Bienville St.) for the first time. This new Thai restaurant in Mid-City has transformed an...

NEW ORLEANS — Christmas morning looked a little different at Covenant House New Orleans, but the spirit was just as strong. Youth staying at the shelter gathered with staff Thursday morning to celebrate the holiday with presents, decorated Christmas trees, and gingerbread houses. The celebration ran from 9 to 11 a.m....

When actress Roz White comes to New Orleans next week as one of the stars of the Broadway National Tour of “Hell’s Kitchen” at the Saenger Theatre, it will be a homecoming. She lived in the city between 2002 and 2005 while working as a singer on...

The sunset just west of Meridian, Mississippi, glowed fiery-orange, the sky draped with wisps of pink clouds above a silhouette of treetops and geometric rooflines. It was an award-winning photograph, I thought, but couldn’t find the right angle for the shot through the window of my train compartment. I...

New Orleans Police are searching for a man who is accused of strangling a person and threatening them with a knife in Algiers during the early morning hours of Christmas Day. Jaleel Green, 28, is wanted on counts of domestic aggravated assault and domestic abuse battery. According to NOPD officials,...

Each Christmas, Times-Picayune director of photography David Grunfeld heads out to document the city always starting with midnight Mass. He has been doing the annual assignment for more than a decade, photographing New Orleans as it moves through the holiday — without a script, letting the day unfold. This year was...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Eighty-four top-ranked junior golfers from across the United States and Canada competed in the 2025 Allstate Sugar Bowl Tommy Moore Memorial on Dec. 22-23 at TPC Louisiana, home of the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans. Golfers from 16 states and Canadian provinces faced...

GRETNA, La. (WVUE) - A local salon owner has made it her mission to help veterans access a little-known benefit that provides custom prosthetic wigs at no cost through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Gwen Cook, who operates Sisters in the Spirit Salon in Gretna, said she has been...