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Ice cream is supposed to be simple, but this tiny parlor in Louisiana takes it to another level entirely. The sundaes here are not your average scoop-and-syrup affair, they are layered constructions with homemade toppings, fresh whipped cream, and flavors you will not find anywhere else, all served in generous portions

Drivers can give their input as a new online survey was launched for the I-12 Corridor Master Plan.

Home is as much a place as it is a feeling passed down through generations of laughter, tragedy and song. Its vessel is people, and for Robin Barnes, “The Songbird of New Orleans,” its creation is a pure act of love and reclamation. A multi–award-winning vocalist and child of the Lower Ninth Ward, Barnes’ ache to write

HICKMAN COUNTY, Ky. — A shelter-in-place order was issued briefly on Sunday, May 31, after a Canadian National Railway train derailed between the towns of Arlington and Clinton in Hickman County. According to KFVS-TV, the derailment was reported about 10:15 p.m. and involved two locomotives and approximately 29 cars, a

Shortly after his inauguration, Gov. Jeff Landry signed a package of tough-on-crime bills that drastically changed the state’s sentencing laws. Now, two years later, the governor is hoping to add even more beds to the state’s largest prison through a newly proposed corrections budget. ProPublica and Verite News...

For Kay Morrison, founder of The Occasional Wife, what began as an escape from the hamster wheel of corporate America quickly evolved into a thriving, multi-pronged business. The New Orleans native has since grown the company to seven retail locations and a team of more than 70 employees. How and...

NEW ORLEANS — A weather-beaten wood frame double near Clematis and Jonquil streets in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood has been an eyesore for decades. On Monday morning, it became a case of demolition by neglect. The roof of the long-blighted property caved in, startling neighbors who were still asleep.

Gov. Jeff Landry on Monday criticized an eleventh-hour audible that state lawmakers called to eliminate the post of Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Rhonda Goode-Douglas as part of a package of judicial cuts in the city. “I have not been part of any of those decisions today,” Landry said in...

Family members and friends of a woman who was killed by her ex-husband last week in Elmwood have rallied to support her two young daughters. A GoFundMe has been established for the children of 28-year-old Meridian Woodson. Relatives said the care of her daughters, Paisley, 4, and Lileigh, 7, would have been her sole fo

It happens in the New Orleans area often: the inside of a tree is eaten by termites and finally falls from wind or a rain-saturated ground. And it recently happened to a woman in New Orleans East, destroying her home and a lifetime of savings. She has nowhere to turn and needs help.