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The Fried Chicken Festival has grown so much over the past decade that it's getting more space to accommodate more festivalgoers.

Authorities say a burglar put on a bright wig and made off with a lot of stolen property from a home near the corner of Magazine and Terpsichore Street. "The New Orleans Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After New Orleans paid out more than $4 million in accrued leave to people who stopped working as city employees last year, the city aims to change its leave policy. At a Civil Service Commission meeting Wednesday afternoon, city leaders presented their proposed changes, saying they...

As city officials continue negotiations with Essence Festival of Culture organizers on the fate of the 2027 festival, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser on Wednesday became the latest official to call upon festival organizers to shine more light on their finances. Essence has asked for $10-$12 million more in state and...

A 2019 drive-by shooting that left a woman and her unborn baby dead in New Orleans East followed more than a year of conflict between her boyfriend and the men accused of killing her, prosecutors told a jury in court Wednesday. Zachery "Ziggy" Holmes, 36, is being tried this week...

Fans of Hot Stuff (7507 Maple St.), the meat-and-three restaurant with exceptionally flavorful Southern cooking, have just a few more weeks to get their fix of stewed chicken, red beans and rice, fried pork chops and bananas Foster pudding. The restaurant near the Uptown universities will close around the start...

New Orleans police are searching for a man accused of pointing a gun at workers hired to clean a rental property and firing a shot in their direction. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Monday in the city’s Fourth District, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police identified...

The New Orleans Police Department held a news conference Wednesday to address the results of a recent human trafficking operation. The NOPD said multiple victims were involved and announced two arrests in connection with the probe. According to police, Operation Safe Voice resulted in the arrests of Renee Schulze and..

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office was on the scene all morning of a reported manhunt in Marrero.

A brass band, feathered showgirls and brightly beaded Mardi Gras Indians brought the party to Bourbon Street on Wednesday morning, but it wasn’t for a wedding or a bachelor party — or anything to do with boozing on New Orleans’ most popular path for partygoers. The French...