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Scot Pilié has been promoted to WDSU-TV’s chief meteorologist, the station has announced. Pilié joined WDSU on a part-time, freelance basis in October. The New Orleans native previously worked at WGNO-TV and The Weather Channel. He and his husband, Ben Mount, also have a sizable social media...

A midday police chase that started near South Claiborne Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard spilled across town Monday, ending with a driver ditching a vehicle and bolting on foot in New Orleans East. The pursuit wrapped up near Read Boulevard and Andover Street, where the suspect took off and left the car behind. Officers quickly threw up a perimeter and sent a...

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is applauding a jury that delivered a guilty verdict this week in the 2022 New Orleans homicide case against Nickolas Stackpoole, a man police had tagged with the street name “Duct tape.” The decision closes the loop on a long investigation into a killing that left one local family waiting a very long time for answers.

A police car travels down Canal St in the French Quarter in New Orleans as Hurricane Gustav makes landfall September 1, 2008. Torrential rain and intense winds blasted Louisiana as Hurricane Gustav neared New Orleans and the Gulf Coast Monday after forcing nearly two million people to flee. New Orleans was locked down and streets completely empty as emergency workers who remained behind hunkered...

Tedeschi Trucks Band closed out the Shell Gentilly Stage on Sunday, the eighth and final day of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The 12-piece ensemble got into the collaborative spirit of Jazz Fest by bringing out Warren Haynes, Teddy Swims, George Porter Jr., Jaimoe and Marc Quinones during the Fairgrounds set.

New Orleans is getting a full-on R&B coronation this week. Chaka Khan, Patti LaBelle, Gladys Knight and Stephanie Mills are teaming up for "The Queens: 4 Legends, 1 Stage" at the Smoothie King Center on Thursday, May 7, 2026. The all-star show, set for 8 p.m., was rescheduled from its original Feb. 19, 2026 date. Fans can still grab primary tickets...

A study published Monday warns that New Orleans must immediately begin planning and gradually implementing its permanent evacuation to avert a dangerously rushed exodus later, because it has passed a “point of no return” as climate-driven sea-level rise slowly swallows the storied city. “With global temperatures poised to...

NEW ORLEANS — A woman has been arrested in connection with a fatal hit-and-run, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police said 57-year-old Rhonda Watts was arrested Sunday in the investigation of a deadly incident that happened April 28 in the 3900 block of Saint Claude Avenue. Officers...

Just a few weeks after performing at Jazz Fest, New Orleans area native and Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste made an appearance at The Met Gala in New York City. Batiste walked the red carpet with his wife, Suleika Jaouad. Batiste grew up in Kenner. He has won eight Grammy Awards...

The Brother Martin train just keeps on rolling down the track. The Crusaders, the No. 1 seed in the Division I Select playoffs, continued their impressive play with a 7-0 triumph against No. 8 Alexandria in the quarterfinals Sunday at Kirsch-Rooney Stadium. The win, its ninth in a row, gave...