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The Division I Select state championship series is set and it is a familiar matchup. Two-time defending state champion and No. 2 seed Catholic High downed John Curtis Christian 5-2 at Grizzly Field Saturday to win the series two games to none. The Bears return to the best-of-three championship series...

Michael A. Fitts has spent more than a decade quietly remaking Tulane into a research-driven engine for New Orleans, and now he is staring down perhaps his boldest public test yet: the long-stalled redevelopment of the landmark Charity Hospital in the heart of downtown. If it works, the project would tuck classrooms, l

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The French Quarter drew crowds under sunny skies Sunday (May 10), as families honored mothers with traditions old and new. “You don’t need a snowball. You don’t need no crawfish. All you need is the family, love and to breathe some air,” said Kyron Reynolds.

Several roads have closed due to flooding in Washington Parish Sunday, May 10.

The New Orleans area was pounded with rain over the last several days, leaving many waterways and parks on the northshore flooded on Mother's Day. Much of southeast Louisiana was under a flood advisory on Saturday as thunderstorms rolled through, including New Orleans, Metairie, Marrero, Avondale, Harvey, Timberlane, G

The New Orleans Police Department investigated multiple reported bomb threats Saturday, May 9 and Sunday May 10.

New Orleans police are hunting for a man believed to be in his 40s or 50s who walked into a bank in the 4000 block of Canal Street, demanded cash and threatened to blow up the building, authorities said. The teller handed over money, and the suspect slipped out before officers arrived, while detectives fanned out acros

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Slidell man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl after investigators said they found Snapchat conversations between the two on the child’s device. According to the arrest records, Lemarkis Harry, 32, was taken into custody...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Guardian. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the cli

Easton Royal knew what he just achieved. The Brother Martin sprinter crossed the finish line several strides ahead of the next-closest runner when he took a quick glance at the scoreboard. What he saw: “Easton Royal, Brother Martin, 10.17” — the fastest 100-meter time in LHSAA state track and field...