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In just a few days, New Orleans will once again host the Essence Festival of Culture, a major event that has called Louisiana home for more than 30 years. Essence Fest got a lot of heat last year. Performances ran late, going into the early morning. Production and sound quality weren’t good. Fans expected the yearslong

NEW ORlEANS – Many of the young adults who walked into New Orleans Career Center (NOCC) Building Trades program in August 2025 had never picked up a drill, read a blueprint, or stepped onto a construction site, but on June 11 at 1:00 p.m. they handed over the keys to a fully code-compliant tiny house they built from th

The 2026 ESSENCE Festival of Culture® is scheduled to return to New Orleans from July 3–5, 2026, bringing together music performances, cultural programming, business exhibitions, wellness experiences, and community-focused events throughout the city during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. The annual event, now recog

Bar Tonique, a compact craft cocktail bar tucked on the quieter edge of the French Quarter, has landed on Esquire’s 2026 roundup of the best bars in America. The national shoutout zeroes in on the bar’s famed Ramos Gin Fizz, a cloudlike, orange‑flower‑scented classic that bartenders shake until the foam practically flo

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Louisiana State Police issued a Silver Alert Friday (June 12) for a missing 82-year-old New Orleans woman with a medical condition that may impair her judgment. Rose Marie Melendez was last seen at 1139 Napoleon Street around 2:30 p.m. State police received the request to issue...

HARRISON COUNTY, Texas (KLTV) — A DPS trooper arrested a New Orleans woman Thursday morning after she was allegedly caught in Harrison County traveling with 56 pounds of marijuana in a rental car. Carolina Romero, 43, is charged with possession of marijuana. Romero was stopped at 9:42 a.m. on...

Three men have been arrested and charged in connection with a house fire in Arabi that investigators determined was intentionally set, authorities said. According to the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office, Larry Crawford, 55; Elbert Brown, 57; and Isaac Marshall, 66, were arrested in connection with a May 28 fire at

Michelin-recognized LUFU NOLA closes French Quarter location due to months-long water main construction blocking access and devastating foot traffic.

A small fire inside a housing pod at the Orleans Justice Center sparked a brief scare Tuesday, but deputies quickly put it out and cleared the area, according to the sheriff’s office. The flames were extinguished fast, no staff or inmates reported injuries, and two detainees were arrested on aggravated arson counts.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Kenner police said they arrested a suspect wanted in connection with a human trafficking investigation on Friday. Police officials said the victim was trafficked from Honduras to Louisiana as a juvenile and later subjected to coercion, threats, physical abuse and sexual assault. The investigation b