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The United Cajun Navy volunteer who found 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez dead in a New Orleans East lagoon earlier this week said Thursday that two alligators surfaced with the boy's body after storing it under water. Aided by a thermal drone, volunteer Jon Gusanders discovered Bryan floating in the lagoon at...

(The Center Square) − Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, the rows of pastel “Katrina Cottages” scattered across Louisiana still stand as reminders of both government ambition and bureaucratic missteps. In 2006, the Federal Emergency Management Agency awarded Louisiana nearly $75 million to build more durable...

AVONDALE, La. (WGNO) — On August 25, 2020, Jefferson Parish deputies responded to a shooting in Avondale. At the scene, they found two victims, a father and daughter. The woman died at the scene. Her father survived. It didn’t take long for deputies to name a suspect, but 5 years later, he remains on the […]

Tears were shed when Terranova Supermarket closed at the end of May, marking the end of 100 years in business. People gathered on the sidewalk outside, and some crowded inside, watching as its proprietors locked the small grocery's front door one last time and then walked out the back door and into retirement.

This story, headlined "Nightmare in the 9th Ward all too real for one woman," was originally published Sept. 1, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage. Lucrece Phillips' sleepless nights are filled with the images of dead...

Some parts of the region are still struggling to rebound from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath, especially the Ninth Ward of New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. The people who live and work in there say those areas are ripe for development.

The path of the annual Southern Decadence parade, which is set to march on Sunday in the French Quarter, has been changed to dodge an extensive water pipe replacement project blocking Royal Street at St. Peter Street. The gaudy, 1,200-participant procession will start at the corner of Royal and Barracks...

Katrina Photo Projections Photo Essay Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The power of place is real. In an increasingly virtual world, the physical spots where momentous things happened remain potent — and able to evoke some of our deepest-cutting moments. That was the thinking behind these...

New Orleans Police announced Thursday they have made three arrests in three homicide cases this month. All three suspects were taken into custody on Wednesday.

Michelle Gibson fled her home in New Orleans with her newborn son, her 6-year-old daughter and her boyfriend as Hurricane Katrina took aim at the city 20 years ago. She never returned there to live. But she brought New Orleans dance traditions to her new home in Dallas, teaching energetic “second line” techniques...