By KEVIN McGILL (AP) — A suspect set for trial next month in a series of fires at African American churches in Louisiana is now scheduled for a change-of-plea hearing.
Holden Matthews has plead...
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By KEVIN McGILL (AP) — There are “positive trends” in efforts to improve conditions at the jail in New Orleans, but violence still plagues the long-troubled facility, according to a ...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Revenue from food and drinks has increased from a new $1 billion terminal at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport according to a recent report, which could mean m...
By KEVIN McGILL (AP) — Plans are on again to implode a New Orleans hotel building that partially collapsed last fall, killing three workers, city officials said Friday.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell an...
By JONATHAN BERRY (WTDN) - The legendary New Orleans bounce rapper 5th Ward Weebie died Thursday. He was 42.
Weebie, who's real name is Jermone Cosey, has a rap career that spanned from his own loc...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ellis Marsalis, a New Orleans musical legend and patriarch of one of the most famous jazz families, is taking a retirement — of sorts.
He’s no longer doing the we...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ clerk of criminal district court announced a furlough Friday that would’ve crippled the city’s criminal justice system, only to rescin...
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY (AP) — The Christmas season is officially drawing to a close, but it’s just the start of the season leading up to New Orleans’ biggest street party: Mardi Gras....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities in Louisiana say one person in a car reported stolen was killed and two others were injured when the driver crashed into a tree while fleeing officers.
License pl...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The number of homicides in New Orleans has fallen for the third consecutive year, police say, and a newspaper reports it has reached a 49-year low.
There were 119 homicides i...
