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METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) — For the past two years, Super Witch Ice Cream owner Briggs Barrios has been selling his ice cream online with a unique business model. His ice cream flavors changed every week, and your only chance to get them was on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. through the “Hot Plate” website. At the time, orders were...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that left one person dead Saturday afternoon in New Orleans East. NOPD officers responded around 1:58 p.m., Saturday, to a report of a shooting in the 4600 block of Wilson Avenue. When they arrived, officers found an unresponsive adult...

Tucked away in New Orleans’ historic Treme neighborhood, at 1500 Esplanade Ave, a little restaurant serves up some of the crispiest, most flavorful fried chicken you’ll ever taste. Li’l Dizzy’s Café has been quietly winning hearts and stomachs for years with its authentic Creole soul food and warm,...

A Metairie man known to be selling illegal narcotics was arrested by the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office this week. Detectives with STPSO Narcotics Unit conducted a traffic stop Tuesday (December 16) in Mandeville which resulted in the arrest of 55-year-old Brent Holmes of Metairie. Holmes, who was known...

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This story was first published by Verite News. Teachers, students and supporters of the Leah Chase School packed Thursday night’s Orleans Parish School Board meeting to ask that board members vote to keep the school open as the district’s only traditional, direct-run school. Underenrollment and a projected deficit...

Man shot, killed in Plum Orchard neighborhood: NOPD.

The Audubon Nature Institute has reopened sales of its memberships on Wednesday, Dec. 17.

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond says fear in the immigrant community has kept some families from leaving their homes, prompting him to urge prayer and lift the obligation to attend Mass. In a letter to parishioners posted in the St. Dominic Parish bulletin, Archbishop Aymond said...

The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a traffic fatality that left a pedestrian dead on Saturday, Dec. 20.