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A New Orleans favorite dish made its way onto the Friday Feed this week. Al Hebert teamed up with food blogger Melanie Cagle to prepare Crawfish Monica. The dish is a staple at New Orleans food festivals and combines pasta with a creamy, spicy sauce and Louisiana crawfish. Friday Feed is brought to you by Kirk's U...

A city's staff of architects and historic building experts has recommended regulators reject a request to demolish Ted’s Frostop in order to replace it with student housing for nearby Tulane University — a development that could complicate the project. In a report issued Thursday, staff of the Historic...

NEW ORLEANS — A New Orleans man is facing a significant number of additional charges in an ongoing child exploitation investigation. The Attorney General's Office says Jamie Borne, who was already charged with dozens of counts involving child sexual abuse material of children under 13, has now been rebooked.

While driving the Causeway across Lake Pontchartrain recently, two questions came to mind. How long did it take to build, and was it always a toll bridge? If so, how much was the first toll?. The story of the 24-mile Lake Pontchartrain Causeway’s creation begins in 1948 when the state...

Traffic was backed up for six miles on the Interstate 10 eastbound after the highway was temporarily closed near the Louisiana border with Mississippi after a Friday crash. Louisiana residents heading to the Gulf Coast beaches ahead of Easter weekend were in for a long afternoon commute after traffic cameras showed a...

A robber armed with a hammer stormed a Canal Street business Friday morning, grabbed cash along with the entire register and then slipped onto a city bus to get away, according to New Orleans police. The holdup was reported around 10:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Canal Street in the Central Business District....

If you want a taste of that “old world” vibe without crossing the Atlantic, many of America’s churches take cues from the greats. Featuring intricate stained glass, Gothic spires, and classical details, these are six of the most beautiful churches in the U.S. Cathedral Basilica of the...

NEW ORLEANS — A man was shot Friday night in a New Orleans neighborhood, but did not immediately realize he had been injured until he got home, according to police. The shooting happened around 10:25 p.m. in the 3900 block of Dublin Street. The victim told officers he was standing in a parking lot when he heard “a...

New Orleans police are investigating three separate shootings that happened overnight. Gunfire erupted just after 1 a.m. in the 3900 block of Dublin Street, where police said a man was shot. And then just before 2 a.m., police said a man was shot in the 1000 block of South Rendon...

New Orleans East bus riders may soon see their daily trips turned inside out. The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority has launched a formal study and rider survey to rethink how buses move through the East. Planners say the review could redraw neighborhood loops, consolidate transfers at new hubs and speed up...