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NEW ORLEANS — A woman was found shot dead in the Holy Cross neighborhood Saturday afternoon, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Officers said they were called to a reported shooting in the 900 block of St. Maurice Avenue around 5:28 p.m. When they arrived, officers found a woman lying on the porch of a...

In the 9th Ward, standing along the Mississippi River, Ana and Juan Gershanik helped to express the city’s gratitude in bronze. Within the sculpture, Monument to the Immigrant Workers of the Katrina Reconstruction, three construction workers, two men and a woman, lean into their labor. The Gershaniks, who emigrated...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A criminal court judge sentenced Orleans Parish jail escapee Derrick Groves to two life sentences and 100 years in state prison Friday after years of delays in the case. Groves killed Byron Jackson and Jamar Robinson and injured two others when he opened fire on a...

BATON ROUGE — Multiple protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol operations took place around the capital area Saturday. One of those protests took place in Gonzales, with protesters meeting in front of Ideal Market, where border patrol agents detained an individual several days prior....

LOUISIANA — Derrick Groves, the convicted gunman who escaped from the Orleans Parish Justice Center and spent nearly five months on the run, has now been sentenced to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for a 2018 double murder committed on Mardi Gras Day, according to court officials.

Belle Chasse Marine Transportation, a family-run operator that has grown into a major force in Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico marine logistics, has purchased an office building in Metairie that will serve as the company’s corporate headquarters. The firm, now led by the second generation of the Konrad...

NEW ORLEANS ‒ At first glance, Bourbon Street remains as it always was: Tourists clutch cocktails as they totter down the uneven sidewalks in high heels. The shoeshine guys make their bad dad jokes. The brass bands draw crowds, cell phone cameras in hand. The beignets are still piping hot, the frozen margaritas still...

New Orleans planning commissioners and the public got their first opportunity this week to weigh in on proposed reforms to the city’s short-term rental regulations, with residents seeking stricter limits and officials asking for the rules to be simplified. The City Planning Commission on Tuesday held a public...

According to Alan Erhenhaldt's 2024 governing.com piece "The Once & Future Shopping Mall," the pinnacle of the traditional mall was in the 1980s and '90s, with the height of construction being in 1982. After several economic crises, the development and rise of online shopping, and the global pandemic, what was...

The Orleans Parish School Board allowed all 13 schools who were up for review this year to continue operating, marking the first time in several years the board has not closed a school for poor academic performance, financial woes or operational struggles. Charter schools are granted contracts to run schools...