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NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Don Lemon is coming to Frenchmen Street for New Year’s Eve. For one night only, Don Lemon Live: New Orleans New Year’s Eve will transform Frenchmen Street into a full-scale block party broadcasting from two iconic New Orleans institutions: The Spotted Cat Music Club and d.b.a.

Michelin's Bib Gourmand distinction highlights restaurants that serve exceptional food at a good value—places where you can enjoy a memorable meal without the splurge of a fine-dining price tag. Stacker compiled a list of Bib Gourmand restaurants in New Orleans using the Michelin Guide, offering a taste of quality...

WEST BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Davante Lewis, an elected member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, issued a public statement Monday responding to a DWI summons issued over the weekend. According to Louisiana State Police, Lewis was stopped Saturday, Dec. 20, for driving without headlights. Troopers said...

Daryl Byrd is ready for his next chapter in Louisiana banking. The former Iberiabank CEO, whose bank was bought by First Horizon in 2019, will be the next chair and chief executive of Morgan City-based M C Bancshares, the holding company for M C Bank & Trust Co., under a deal announced Wednesday.

When Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters towered high in New Orleans, they threatened to drown the emergency generators that were keeping the premature babies alive in then Memorial Medical Center's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. As the water kept rising outside, Dr. Juan Gershanik was inside coordinating efforts to move...

New Orleans officials say they are challenging the federal threat level assigned to upcoming Sugar Bowl and New Year’s Eve festivities, urging the kind of Super Bowl-caliber protection that stayed through Mardi Gras after the Jan. 1 mass killing on Bourbon Street. Collin Arnold, the city’s homeland security...

A flurry of year-end openings offers a bright spot for the New Year of restaurant dining in New Orleans. The reopening of iconic spaces, bringing back memories of Marti’s, MoPho, and Marjie’s, is both positive and bittersweet for diners still mourning their loss. Crescent City Cafe has served...

(NEXSTAR) — If you’re traveling and need a snack, or frankly don’t feel like cooking a Christmas dinner, you’ll have a few fast-food and sit-down restaurant options available to you on Christmas Day. Because hours may vary, you’ll want to confirm your location’s hours online or...

I know eating king cake before Twelfth Night is considered a cardinal sin, but when it comes to Dong Phuong, I’m willing to risk my luck and go to confession. When I found out the beloved New Orleans East bakery was offering their traditional and cream cheese king cakes for a limited time during the holidays, I knew...

Bob Carr, a New Orleans broadcasting icon who spent more than 65 years hosting and producing programs on local television and radio with his wife Jan, died Friday at Christwood Retirement Community in Covington. He was 98. Carr was among the last members of a generation of broadcasters who made...