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The hole of the day Saturday during Round 3 of the Masters tournament:. How it played: Traditionally Augusta National’s hardest hole, White Dogwood lived up to its fearsome reputation Saturday. It played the hardest again, helping turn this into a wide-open Masters as Rory McIlroy hit his second shot into its green-side pond and made double bogey. Meanwhile, former LSU star Sam...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Another day of great festival weather is in store. Clouds increase through the day Sunday (April 12), with temperatures warming to the low 80s. It will be breezy from the southeast, and gusts could be up to 25 mph. The wind shifts to the south through...

After each pitch, Maes Martin quickly took the return throw from the catcher and stepped back onto the rubber. Now with a lead and the district title on the line in the sixth, the senior right-hander wasted little time between pitches. He shouted toward his team’s dugout after each out. When he got the third out on a swinging strikeout, he ran his...

A New Orleans man is celebrating a remarkable milestone!. Elder Robert Martin Sr., a lifelong resident of Algiers in New Orleans, celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday with family, faith, and community. Martin, a U.S. Army veteran, spent more than 25 years serving the city through the Sewerage and Water...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Organizers of the 18th annual Hogs for the Cause announced Sunday (April 12) that a record-breaking $6.65 million was raised at the event for families battling pediatric cancer. “We are tremendously proud of what our fundraising teams accomplished this year,” Hogs chairman of the board Zandy...

Ahead of their new album ‘The Last Balloon,’ the collective continues to reconnect with the city that started it all. Tank and the Bangas have always carried New Orleans with them, no matter how far their music travels. Long before the awards and global tours, the group took shape inside the city’s open mic circuit, where poetry, performance, and live instrumentation collided in real...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -- There aren’t many living World War II veterans left, but one in Algiers marked a major milestone Sunday (April 12). Robert Martin Sr. turned 100, surrounded by music, prayer and five generations of family inside St. Joseph’s Missionary Baptist Church, where church leaders said they wanted to honor their eldest member in the place that matters to him most.

NEW ORLEANS — Multiple businesses were burglarized across Uptown overnight, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Police confirmed that three businesses were burglarized and that a suspect was captured on surveillance footage. However, the person remains unidentified at this time. One business, Yinzer’s Amazing Cheesesteaks, posted on social...

NEW ORLEANS — A vehicle fire is causing delays on I-10 near Metairie. On Sunday, the LADOTD reported that the exit ramp from I-10 West to Bonnabel Boulevard (Exit 229) is blocked due to a vehicle fire. Congestion is minimal, they say, but drivers are urged to avoid the area if possible.

Big Chief Demond Melancon, the beadwork powerhouse who leads the Young Seminole Hunters, is headed from the Lower Ninth Ward to Venice this spring. The New Orleans artist will bring hand-sewn ceremonial garments and large beaded portraits to the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, shifting a street-born craft onto one of the world’s biggest contemporary art stages. For...