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Relatives are desperately searching for a 17-year-old boy from Georgia who disappeared a week ago while visiting a friend in Kenner. Anton Ross, a rising senior at Lovejoy High School in Hampton, Ga., got into a vehicle at the intersection of 27th and Salem streets in Kenner on the night of June 30.

The news hit like a thunderclap: a cherished New Orleans eatery has closed its doors for good. Let’s talk about what this means for the community.

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WPMI) — Family and friends of Mobile native Edwin “Buggy” Johnson gathered in New Orleans on Monday to celebrate his life. Edwin was tragically killed on June 18th on Chef Menteur Highway. According to New Orleans Police, a driver witnessed a man stab another...

New Orleans commuters who drive along South Rampart Street through its intersection with Canal Street may have noticed the traffic light's abrupt cycle — switching from green to red in mere seconds. A busy corridor for both local traffic and streetcar lines, the intersection has become a source of...

Second Harvest Food Bank and Ochsner Health are partnering to launch the Makin' Groceries Mobile Market on Tuesday, July 8.

This is the second story in our series chronicling the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. On the first night of Essence Fest, Paper Machine, an artist space in New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward, came alive with creativity and community. Inside a sunlit room, Lauryn Hinton gathered neighbors around long tables...

The year was 1890, and New Orleans Police Chief David C. Hennessy had been assassinated. After a series of trials and mistrials, in March 1891, his death lead to the largest known mass lynching in U.S. history. Derby Gisclair, a local historian and frequent presenter at Jefferson Parish Libraries, will...

MANDEVILLE, La. (WVUE) - Two people have been arrested, and one is at large, in connection with a Mandeville shooting, according to the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office. Loranja Smith, 19, of Baker, is wanted for attempted first-degree murder. Additionally, the sheriff’s office is looking for Keshawn Smith, 19,...

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge, an area of marshland at the eastern edge of New Orleans, is — in biological terms — considered an area full of wetlands. One of the last remaining marshes around lakes Ponchartrain and Borgne, the wildlife refuge contains estuaries and freshwater lagoons, where young...

Wedding bells will soon be ringing for LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier and his girlfriend, Ella Springfield. The fifth-year senior proposed to Springfield, an LSU graduate living in Dallas, overlooking the water at sunset Saturday. Both were wearing white and cream, and Nussmeier had constructed a walkway adorned...