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There’s something almost heartbreaking about watching a legendary restaurant slowly lose its edge. You walk through those famous doors, past the photos of celebrities and the worn brass plaques, expecting the meal that made this place a destination decades ago. Instead, you’re served lukewarm nostalgia with a side of i

Nine tornadoes hit Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi on Thursday and Friday. All of them, meteorologists say, where the result of Tropical Storm Arthur.

“It’s a bit like being at your own wake,” said Wade Benoit, general manager at Coquette, looking around the dining room. Tables were full and so was the bar, with people perched elbow to elbow over carrot Bolognese and smothered flounder. Stories flowed — between friends dining together, between staff with their custom

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are asking for help finding a 30-year-old woman who went missing Saturday (June 20) after dropping off her children. Kierra Aaron was last seen in the 2500 block of North Rocheblave Avenue after she left her home to drop off her kids. Aaron...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - High heat and humidity will combine with afternoon storms, bringing a flood threat for some. First, the heat soars to the lower 90s with feels-like temperatures around 104-108 degrees. However, if you get a storm this afternoon, that will tamp down the heat and heat index a bit.

Salvador Dalí once said, "A real connoisseur does not drink wine but tastes of its secrets." On this week's show, we sit down with wine experts and wine vintners to unlock those secrets and better understand the world of fermented grapes. And a bonus – they're all female!

Kaitlin Tymrak is officially in charge of keeping New Orleans’ water and drainage system upright at a very messy moment in its history. The Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans has confirmed her as general superintendent, making her the first woman to lead the utility’s operations. The board voted unanimously on Wedne

Have you ever noticed the use of wood shingles around New Orleans? Instead of clapboard, older homes sometimes have wooden patterns as siding and decorative accents. Unlike Colonial New England, which has a history of shingle-clad houses, the use of wood shingles as a wall cladding material arrived here in the later pa

ARABI, La. (WVUE) - The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado touched down in Arabi Friday (June 19) evening with wind speeds estimated at 85 miles per hour. The focus now shifts to recovery for the hardest hit homes and businesses. The tornado’s destruction path closed Rowley Boulevard and Norton Avenue b

In yards strewn with branches and roof shingles, residents across several blocks in Arabi spent Saturday cleaning debris and surveying the damage from a tornado that battered their neighborhood Friday evening. The tornado slammed homes with winds up to 85 mph that snapped trees, flattened fences and ripped the roofs...