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City of New Orleans Public Works crews today removed banners placed on the front of historic Gallier Hall in advance of the inaugural celebration for Mayor-elect Helena Moreno.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday (Dec. 18) on a plan that supporters say will reduce power outages in the city through a new grid of batteries. The plan involves the council -- Entergy New Orleans’ regulator -- approving the use of...

The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in locating a man who has been reported missing. Police are searching for Kunta Robinson, 47. He was last seen in the 6100 block of Tullis Drive on Dec. 2. He has not been seen or heard from by family members, friends, or associates.

A man was fatally shot in the Fairgrounds area Tuesday afternoon, New Orleans police said. NOPD responded to reports of a shooting at around 1:40 p.m. The location was initially reported to be the 1800 block of Gentilly Boulevard, but NOPD later updated the area to be the 2000 block of Belfort Avenue.

New Orleans officials are warning contractors to prepare for the possible cancellation of street-repair work across the city, as a Dec. 31 federal deadline threatens to shut down hundreds of blocks of FEMA-funded construction unless an extension is granted in the coming days. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The sounds of bulldozers and jackhammers fill the air in the Bywater at the site of a massive eyesore. Work finally has begun on one of the old Naval Support Activity buildings on Poland Avenue. RELATED: Infamous abandoned Bywater Naval Base secures $20M federal grant for...

The New Orleans Fire Department responded to a fire on Fern Street on Monday, Dec. 15.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will avoid a public hearing on her finances after a New Orleans attorney said her court-ordered attorney fees were paid. Earlier this month, attorney Justin Schmidt asked an Orleans Parish Civil District Court judge to force Cantrell to publicly explain her...

Smooth jazz violinist Michael Ward, a fixture at festivals, nightclubs and special events in New Orleans and beyond for decades, died suddenly Monday after collapsing. He was 60. A cause of death has not yet been determined, said his wife, Lenzie LeBeauf-Ward. In a city whose musical culture is more...

Christmas Day in Louisiana likely won’t involve keeping warm with chestnuts on an open fire and hot cocoa. Early forecasts this week point to above average weather for the state, leaving little hope for a white Christmas on the bayou. Louisiana — along with much of the South —...