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Temperatures are heating up, and so are the heat risks. Make sure to take care of yourself when outside as summer is in full swing. Chances for rain exist in the coming days. Taking a look out the window (NOAA satellite), there is not much going on currently (around 1:00 CST). No precipitation in our region (see below

Block after block of open-air stalls stretching along the riverfront is the kind of setup that makes planning unnecessary and watches irrelevant. You arrive for coffee and beignets in the morning, wander past produce vendors stacking mangoes and sugar cane in pyramids, then realize three hours have disappeared into tas

There was a Chinese salt and pepper shrimp dish that took me back in time to a lost restaurant. There was a chicken shawarma done exactly the way it should be, though too often is not. There were a few cocktails in plastic cups and nicer drinks along the way.

In the first months of World War I, the United States was still officially neutral, but its ports were already tied to the war overseas. Ships carried horses, mules, supplies, and munitions across the Atlantic, and those cargoes made American harbors places of suspicion and fear. This 1915 report from...

South Louisiana businesses and nonprofit groups recently announced the following promotions, new hires and resignations. Laura Soileau has been appointed partner-in-charge of the Gulf Coast offices at EisnerAmper Partner. She will also continue in her roles as advisory partner and practice group leader of risk and comp

From Celebrity Speakers to Culinary Demonstrations and Business Workshops, the 2026 Essence Festival Offers Hundreds of Free Daytime Experiences in New Orleans The ESSENCE Festival of Culture Presented by Coca-Cola has announced its complete 2026 daytime programming lineup, bringing together entertainers, entrepreneurs

Violent crime in New Orleans has fallen to its lowest level since the 1960s, and already, the first half of 2026 has extended the dramatic drop in homicides and shootings. NOPD recorded 38 murders through June 25, representing one of the lowest year-to-date totals the city has seen in decades. If that pace holds, New O

Oh, to have been a kid in the summer of 1976, when America turned 200. New Orleans marketing executive Ellie Hobson Rand, 60, vividly remembers her Bicentennial skateboard, her older brother's Bicentennial edition Ford Pinto and the special red, white and blue Speedos her swim team — the Tulane Greenies — wore that sum

A Lafayette chef took home the crown at the 19th annual Louisiana Seafood Cook-Off (LASCO) on Friday, June 26.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans police are investigating an overnight shooting that wounded a man at a house party in Central City. In an initial police report, investigators say around 2:57 a.m. Sunday, about 20 people were gathered at an Airbnb in the 2200 block of Louisiana Avenue when gunfire started near a front