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• New Orleans mayor to give state-of-the-city speech

  May 22, 2012 6:20 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, beginning his third year in office, is set to give his annual state-of-the-city address. Tuesday afternoon's speech was scheduled to be delivered at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. It comes at a time when progress in the recovery... more »

• Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Green Day at Voodoo Fest

  May 16, 2012 6:29 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Neil Young & Crazy Horse will join Green Day as headliners of the 2012 Voodoo Fest on Halloween weekend in New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reported Tuesday that Green Day's only announced North American date this year will come at the festival amid a rollout of the... more »

• HUD awards NO $775K to fight discrimination

  May 11, 2012 6:04 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal housing regulators have awarded a New Orleans advocacy group $775,000 to help city residents who believe they've been victims of housing discrimination. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the grant Thursday to the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. The grant,... more »

• New Orleans to auction 98 abandoned vehicles

  May 7, 2012 9:16 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city of New Orleans will hold its second abandoned vehicle auction of 2012 on Thursday. The Times-Picayune reports the auction will have 98 vehicles for sale, all of which have been discarded on neighborhood streets or left unclaimed by residents with excessive parking fines and... more »

• New Orleans plans to fix streetlights

  May 3, 2012 6:06 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans hopes to have every streetlight in the city back on by the end of the year. The city says there are about 10,900 streetlights not working and 4,793 of those are in need of repairs. Mayor Mitch Landrieu said "lighting up the city" will... more »

• Bicentennial Commemoration of War of 1812 begins in New Orleans

  April 17, 2012 9:54 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Navy is kicking off its celebration of the War of 1812 in New Orleans in a big way. The event, which is the first of four years of festivities around the nation, begins Tuesday with a parade of tall ships and modern Navy... more »

• New Orleans to kick off War of 1812 bicentennial

  April 16, 2012 6:33 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Nine ships, including three tall military sailing ships, will adorn the Mississippi River in New Orleans this week as the nation kicks off the bicentennial commemoration of the War of 1812. The ships are scheduled to arrive on Tuesday afternoon. There will be three U.S. Navy... more »

• Katrina-damaged playground reopens in New Orleans

  April 10, 2012 9:35 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans has reopened a playground closed since Hurricane Katrina hit the city in August 2005. It took $833,000 in disaster grants, city bond money and money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to rebuild Comiskey Park and Playground. A news release says the basketball pavilion... more »

• Coast Guard: Towboat sinks near New Orleans

  April 6, 2012 11:12 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Coast Guard says a towing vessel sank early Friday on the lower Mississippi River near New Orleans. Petty Officer Bill Colclough said the three crew members of the Altro Donna were able to get off the vessel and escaped injury. He says the vessel was... more »

• Morgan confirmed to federal bench in New Orleans

  March 29, 2012 9:34 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The U.S. Senate has confirmed a commercial litigation attorney from New Orleans to serve as a judge for the federal district court in New Orleans. Morgan has worked at the Phelps Dunbar law firm since 2005 and has been a partner since 2009. She also worked... more »

• New Orleans officer resigns after posting comments

  March 28, 2012 6:24 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans police officer resigned Tuesday, a day after being suspended for a comment he posted on a local TV station website about the shooting of Trayvon Martin in which he suggested the Florida teen died like a "thug." Jason Giroir used his full name... more »

• 2 OMV offices planned for New Orleans area

  March 16, 2012 11:09 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The state's motor vehicles chief says Louisiana is planning to open two motor vehicle offices in the New Orleans area, possibly in the next two to three months. Office of Motor Vehicles Commissioner Nick Gautreaux told a House transportation committee this week it only has... more »

• New Orleans hospital to teach for U of Tabuk

  March 16, 2012 9:13 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans-area health care system has signed a long-term partnership with a university system in Saudi Arabia. Ochsner Health System says faculty, staff and students from the medical school and other health-related schools at the University of Tabuk will come to Louisiana for education and... more »

• N.O. buys World Trade Center building for $2.3M

  March 15, 2012 5:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The 33-story-high World Trade Center building on the New Orleans riverfront is now owned by the city. In a $2.3 million deal, the city says it has bought out the lease for the building and that it now has control over the redevelopment of the vacant... more »

• New Orleans double execution: 2 sentences trimmed

  March 12, 2012 5:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Men sentenced to 50 years for a double execution got their sentences shaved to 35 years each for testimony that helped convict the ringleader in what started as a kidnap-for-ransom scheme. Gregory Vincent and Layman Foster Jr. both had pleaded guilty to manslaughter of Calyisse Perkins... more »

• New Orleans to lead off War of 1812 celebration

  March 8, 2012 7:00 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - City officials are touting the long list of events coming to New Orleans in April to kick-off the nation's three year commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812. The celebration of the War of 1812 and the bicentennial of the Star Spangled Banner... more »

• Carnival brings refurbished vessel to New Orleans

  March 7, 2012 7:40 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Carnival Destiny is getting a new name, the Carnival Sunshine, and it will replace the Carnival Conquest in New Orleans in November 2013 following a $155 million renovation. Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday the 2,642-passeder Carnival Destiny is now homeported in Miami and travels to... more »

• New Orleans Case Puts Scrutiny on NFL Bounty Pay

  March 3, 2012 7:43 PM

  The revelations were shocking to those outside the NFL: A team paid bounties to knock opponents out of the game, including some of its biggest stars. For those who suit up, however, it sounds more like the long-accepted cost of doing business in a brutal sport/ Atlanta Falcons star Roddy... more »

• Lawmaker: National Guard should police New Orleans

  March 2, 2012 6:13 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans lawmaker wants to give the governor the authority to call in the Louisiana National Guard to help police the city, which has seen continued murder rates higher than in other large municipalities. Rep. Austin Badon, a Democrat who is running for a... more »

• March Madness at Audubon in New Orleans

  March 1, 2012 10:55 AM

  Audubon Nature Institute attractions ready for fun NEW ORLEANS - It's here! The best time of year to visit Audubon attractions is finally here, and there's plenty going on all around town. Whether it's festivals at Audubon Zoo or an exciting new exhibit at Audubon Aquarium or additional benefits... more »

• Update: 2 New Orleans police officers shot, 1 suspect dead

  March 1, 2012 8:53 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two New Orleans police officers are undergoing surgery after being shot during a traffic stop near City Park. Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas says two suspects were also shot Thursday morning by the officers. One suspect died at the scene and the other was wounded. Serpas says... more »

• New Orleans lawmaker: Rename Danziger Bridge

  March 1, 2012 7:33 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A New Orleans lawmaker wants to rename the notorious Danziger Bridge, the site of deadly shootings after Hurricane Katrina. Democratic Rep. Wesley Bishop has proposed a bill to name the span the Madison-Brissette Memorial Bridge, after the two men who were killed: 17-year-old James Brissette... more »

• New Orleans tackles noise issue

  March 1, 2012 5:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An acoustics expert hired by some New Orleans residents says music clubs in several neighborhoods - particularly the French Quarter - regularly exceed legal noise limits. The report from Houston-based CSTI Acoustics shows excessive noise readings even in a mostly residential area of the quarter, blocks... more »

• Woman killed in 2 vehicle New Orleans crash

  February 29, 2012 11:08 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say a 60-year-old woman was killed when a van slammed into her Jeep. The collision happened around 10 p.m. Tuesday. Officer Garry Flot tells The Times-Picayune Steven Wallace, the driver of the van, was believed to be speeding at the time of the... more »

• VA to spend $6M on homeless center in New Orleans

  February 28, 2012 9:43 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will spend $6 million to open a new homeless center in New Orleans. The homeless center will be in the first floor of an addition to a downtown VA hospital. The center will be a place where veterans and... more »

• Beads vs. Footballs Next Year in New Orleans

  February 25, 2012 11:07 PM

  New Orleans, which prides itself on its ability to handle huge sports and cultural events, may get its biggest test next year when the Super Bowl arrives in the middle of Carnival. Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday, falls on Feb. 12, 2013, with parades traditionally about two weeks before that... more »

• Salome! A Princess scorned, she finally gets her man... on a platter!

  February 23, 2012 8:34 AM

  The New Orleans Opera Association Women's Guild and Junior Committee Present: Salome! This presentation will allow you to discover how a Princess scorned, finally gets her man on a platter. After the event there will be a roundtable discussion with special guest from the production followed by light refreshments. This... more »

• DNA brings conviction in 1996 rape in New Orleans

  February 17, 2012 10:14 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Orleans Parish district attorney says DNA from a rape 16 years ago has convicted a 35-year-old man of a sexual assault committed when he was 19. A jury in New Orleans convicted William Danastasio on Thursday of one count each of aggravated rape and aggravated... more »

• Governor Jindal on Economic Development Announcement in New Orleans

  February 17, 2012 10:11 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Today, Friday, February 17, 2012, Governor Jindal will make an economic development announcement in New Orleans at 1:15 PM. The announcement will be held at the IP Building in downtown New Orleans at 643 Magazine St. more »

• Years of insurance over payments in Orleans

  February 8, 2012 10:51 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Inspector General says the city wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on employee life insurance over the last eight years. Among the findings in the report released Tuesday: There were overpayments totaling $250,000 over four years because the city failed to accurately calculate... more »

• New Orleans sets up police advisory boards

  February 8, 2012 10:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas have announced the formation of Police Community Advisory Boards in each of the city's eight police districts. The purpose of the boards is to develop and maintain a partnership between the community and the department's leadership.... more »

• New Orleans plants 10,000 tree since Katrina

  February 3, 2012 8:54 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is getting greener - and leafier. . The devastation to the canopy of trees in the city by Hurricane Katrina is being repaired by the non-profit Parkway Partners, which has been replanting trees to replace those lost or damaged by the 2005 storm. On... more »

• Loyola NO holds auditions for the Met

  January 13, 2012 10:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Aspiring opera stars will be auditioning for the Metropolitan Opera this weekend at Loyola University New Orleans, and anyone can sit in and listen. District auditions on Saturday are free, with tickets $10 for the regional auditions on Sunday afternoon. Admission is free for students and... more »

• 2 live grenades found at NOPD headquarters

  January 13, 2012 10:22 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police say they are evacuating police headquarters after they found two live hand grenades in the evidence room. Police told WDSU-TV the devices were found Thursday when officers were bringing evidence from earlier investigations to the room, located on the first floor of the... more »

• Sentencing postponed for ex-N.O. railroad head

  January 11, 2012 9:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge has postponed the sentencing hearing for a former general manager of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad who pleaded guilty to misusing the agency's money. James Bridger was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, but U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. delayed the hearing... more »

• New Orleans police probe slaying of man, son

  January 9, 2012 9:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans police are investigating the deaths of a man and his son who were found shot to death in the foyer of their home. A news release from the police department said suspects have been identified in the deaths of on 41-year-old Joseph Evans and... more »

• N.O. start midnight basketball to stem crime

  January 4, 2012 10:52 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - This city, struggling to reduce its murder rate, plans to develop a midnight basketball program with the help of the New Orleans Hornets professional basketball team. Officials hope to keep children off the streets and get them involved in the basketball program. Mayor Mitch Landrieu and... more »

• Cajun Fans Partied Hard in the Big Easy Play Video

  December 19, 2011 8:03 PM

  New Orleans was the place to be Saturday night. Lots of excitement after the Cajuns' big win. Dozens of fans hit Bourbon street right after the game. With the Cajuns getting their first bowl championship since 19-44, this party lasted well into Sunday morning. more »

• Fans welcome Cajuns home Play Video

  December 19, 2011 2:10 AM

  The Cajuns welcomed home Sunday afternoon as champions and KATC was the only TV station there as they returned home. Die hard Cajun fans packed the UL Athletic Complex in Lafayette with banners and pom-poms to welcome home the 2011 R & L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Champions. ... more »

• KATC is EVERYWHERE for the Cajuns Countdown to Kickoff

  December 17, 2011 1:40 PM

  KATC is EVERYWHERE today with team coverage of all the Bowl Game activities from Acadiana to the Big Easy! Be sure to tune into our Cajuns Countdown to Kickoff show LIVE from New Orleans tonight at 6:15 for our 45 minute show. Remember if you're in New Orleans... more »

• I-10 now open going to New Orleans

  December 16, 2011 4:19 PM

  Department Of Transportation and Devolpment: All lanes are now open on I-10 East at I-610 and I-10 West at Airline. Congestion from the incident at Metairie Rd./City Park has reached Causeway on I-10E, St. Bernard on I-10W, and St. Charles on US 90B east. Look a little further down on... more »

• Jazz Fest tickets; line-up posted

  December 14, 2011 8:37 AM

  The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell announced the music lineup for the 2012 Festival scheduled for April 27 - 29 and May 3 - 6. Started in 1970, the Jazz & Heritage Festival continues to showcase the most storied names in music history alongside many of... more »

• NOLA organization raises money for kids camp

  December 12, 2011 3:30 PM

  Westbank Oilman's Golf Tournament Committee is raising money for their charity, Camp Challenge. Camp Challenge is two summer camps for Cancer Stricken Kids from Louisiana. Along with their siblings, ages 5 to 14, these kids can attend summer camp completely free! They are having a raffle to start raising funds... more »

• UL seniors to graduate in New Orleans

  December 12, 2011 2:28 PM

  Saturday is graduation for the students at the University of Louisiana - Lafayette. For some, however, it is also the day they will play in the biggest game in decades for UL. Graduating seniors on the Ragin' Cajuns football team will have a special graduation day in New Orleans. On... more »

• Katrina-Flood Lawsuit,130 Case against Army Corps to be Heard in Court

  December 12, 2011 11:48 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A lawsuit alleging the Army Corps of Engineers ruined property in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward after it built a shipping channel that turned into a conduit for storm surge during Hurricane Katrina is to be heard in court this week. A trial... more »

• Pearl Harbor Survivor from Acadiana Honored in New Orleans Play Video

  December 7, 2011 7:27 PM

  Wednesday marked the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and veterans gathered in New Orleans at the National World War II Museum to honor the few remaining survivors of that attack. KATC followed one of those survivors who traveled from Acadiana for a special Pearl Harbor ceremony. ... more »

• New Orleans eagerly awaits tourism windfall

  November 24, 2011 9:35 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans tourism industry, the city's economic lifeblood and largest employer, is about to get an unprecedented boost. The city is preparing to host a string of major sporting and cultural events over the next 18 months, including college football's national championship game in January,... more »

• What to do with Six Flags? New Orleans looks again

  November 23, 2011 10:49 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans officials are taking a look a fresh look at what to do with the former Six Flags amusement park on the city's swampy edge. The Times-Picayune reports (http://bit.ly/rII0NW ) that city officials began reviewing bids to transform the neglected tract in eastern New Orleans... more »

• UL Fans Gear Up to Attend New Orleans Bowl Play Video

  November 21, 2011 11:17 PM

  It's official, UL will play in this year's New Orleans Bowl on December 17th. The formal invitation was given to the Ragin' Cajuns at a pep rally Monday night. Just as soon as the announcement was made fans were already making plans to attend the New Orleans Bowl, by... more »

• Barge hits New Orleans bridge

  October 27, 2011 6:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Chef Menteur Pass bridge in New Orleans is closed after a barge hit the structure Wednesday. The Coast Guard says a cement barge being towed by the Shannan C and Portier I struck the bridge about 11:15 a.m. The accident has closed the waterway indefinitely... more »

• French Week planned in New Orleans

  October 17, 2011 6:32 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The consulate general of France in New Orleans is planning a variety of French-centered activities in New Orleans Nov. 17-20. Dubbed Semaine Francaise, or French Week, more than 20 events are planned. Included are business and economic symposiums, a Beaujolais festival, exhibits by French artists, photographers... more »

• Group Threatens to Sue Over Seepage at Well Site

  October 15, 2011 3:54 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An environmental group is threatening to sue over seepage from a Gulf of Mexico oil well that was destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004, but first officials must determine who owns the well. At issue is seepage at the lease site about 11 miles off the... more »

• Man Charged in Double Slaying

  October 15, 2011 3:47 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police have arrested Ryan Poree for the shooting deaths of two sisters and the wounding of a 7-year-old boy in east New Orleans on Friday. John Gagliano, chief investigator for the coroner, tells the Times-Picayune (http://bit.ly/n0jLx9s ) that the victims were 34-year-old Alcee Perry and her... more »

• Inspection Ceremony set for Washington Artillery

  October 15, 2011 10:31 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Its color guard uniformed in 1838 style, the oldest unit in the Louisiana National Guard will hold a traditional pass-in-review ceremony at 11 a.m. Sunday at Jackson Barracks. The 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment - known as the Washington Artillery - traces its roots to... more »

• Former Archbishop Hannan dies at 98

  September 29, 2011 10:07 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Former Archbishop Philip Matthew Hannan, who gave the eulogy for President John F. Kennedy and later served more than three decades as the head of the New Orleans Roman Catholic Archdiocese, died Thursday. He was 98. The archdiocese said he died peacefully shortly after 3 a.m.... more »

• Rejected New Orleans pedicab applicant appeals

  September 22, 2011 7:21 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - "Pedicabs" began operating in New Orleans' French Quarter last week but that doesn't mean a long-standing controversy over the people-powered transportation is over. A business owner who applied for permission to operate some of the vehicles is appealing to the New Orleans City Council, saying the... more »

• Lawmakers consider New Orleans hospital proposal

  September 16, 2011 6:48 AM

  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - State lawmakers are deciding whether to back spending plans for a new $1.1 billion research and teaching hospital in New Orleans, to replace Charity Hospital. Approval by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget is the last significant hurdle stalling the hospital's construction. House Speaker... more »

• N.O. cops to be sentenced in fatal beating

  September 15, 2011 6:59 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge is set to sentence two New Orleans police officers who were convicted of charges stemming from the fatal beating of a 48-year-old handyman. In April, a jury convicted Officer Melvin Williams of violating Raymond Robair's constitutional rights by kicking and beating him with... more »

• Landrieu: New Orleans to crack down on litter

  September 1, 2011 5:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Mitch Landrieu says New Orleans is about to begin stepped up enforcement of laws against littering, illegal dumping and illegal signs or posters. The move comes as the city prepares to host major sporting events over the next 18 months. The stepped up enforcement officially... more »

• New Orleans gets money to redevelop public housing

  September 1, 2011 5:52 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The federal government is giving New Orleans $30 million to redevelop the last of the city's New Deal-era public housing complexes, a site that sits near the French Quarter on land where the famed red-light district called Storyville once thrived, and infuse new life into the... more »

• Smoke From New Orleans Marsh Fires Makes Its Way to Acadiana Play Video

  September 1, 2011 12:01 AM

  Smoke from those marsh fires in New Orleans has made its way to Acadiana. Wednesday night's sunset cast a hazy, pink glow over much of the area. "It's just a thick haze, almost choking, the smell is out of control," said Jamie Boudreaux of Lafayette. The haze was... more »

• New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward: 6 Years After Katrina Play Video

  August 30, 2011 2:39 AM

  Monday marked a somber anniversary in Louisiana; the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans. "Six years ago today, we were actually floating on the roof of our house," said Robert Green, a resident of New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. Hurricane Katrina not only swept away Green's... more »

• 6 Years After Katrina, Lower 9th Ward Still Bleak

  August 28, 2011 12:03 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, the grasses grow taller than people and street after street is scarred by empty decaying houses, the lives that once played out inside their walls hardly imaginable now. St. Claude Avenue, the once moderately busy commercial thoroughfare, looks like the... more »

• New Orleans watchdog group gets award

  August 23, 2011 5:51 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A New Orleans non-profit group that researches government issues has won an award for recommendations it made to overhaul the way the City of New Orleans awards professional services contracts. The Bureau of Governmental Research won the award at the recent national conference of the Government... more »

• New Orleans assistant DA arrested

  August 17, 2011 10:13 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An Orleans Parish assistant district attorney has been booked on a charge of simple battery. According to the website for the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, 26-year-old Matthew McLaren was booked Tuesday on one count of domestic abuse battery. WWL-TV reports that McLaren's bond was set at... more »

• New Orleans' oldest Navy base formally closing

  August 12, 2011 10:26 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' oldest Navy base is formally closing, ending a 110-year presence in the city. Friday's ceremony is at the new national headquarters for Marine Forces Reserve, next to the public-private partnership called Federal City - formerly Naval Support Activity New Orleans. About 1,100 Marines and... more »

• 210 new shelters at NO bus and streetcar stops

  August 8, 2011 10:06 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The Regional Transit Authority is near the end of a two-year, $5 million project to install 210 bus and streetcar shelters across New Orleans. The Times-Picayune reported that 202 shelters have been installed. With about 11 percent of the stops covered, planning director Stefan Marks says... more »

• N.O. streetcar tracks shift in heat

  August 8, 2011 9:29 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A shift if part of the Riverfront Streetcar track because of the extreme heat has officials only allowing streetcars to run along one track. The Times-Picayune reported on Sunday that Patrice Bell Mercadel, spokeswoman for the Regional Transit Authority, says construction on the track will begin... more »

• Corps in New Orleans wins award for Katrina work

  August 3, 2011 9:30 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Members of the Army Corps of Engineers, the subject of emotional criticism after Hurricane Katrina, have won several agency awards. The corps in New Orleans says its team was given awards at an agency summer conference Monday. A corps news release said the team won the... more »

• Relatives Speak Out About Police Shooting Death in New Orleans

  July 13, 2011 10:36 PM

  Relatives of the New Iberia man shot and killed on Bourbon Street last Sunday are speaking out about the incident, saying they believe there's more to the story and asking for justice for his death. 25-year-old Justin Schaubert was fatally shot early Sunday morning by New Orleans Police after... more »

• N.O. approves rules for pedicabs

  July 11, 2011 7:28 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - For-hire pedicabs should be hitting the streets of the French Quarter in the coming months. The New Orleans City Council approved rules last week for the pedal-powered rickshaws. The Times-Picayune reports that a lottery will be held on Aug. 12 to choose who gets the first... more »

• Russian law students visit Loyola in New Orleans

  July 6, 2011 5:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Law students from Moscow State University are visiting Loyola University of New Orleans to learn about law in the United States. It's the second year in a row for such a visit, the result of an agreement signed in April 2010 with the assistance of Loyola... more »

• New Orleans fatality identified

  July 5, 2011 5:50 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The New Orleans Coroner's Office says 32-year-old Huy Vo was the man killed Sunday morning after he was hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross an intersection. The Time-Picayune reports Vo was pronounced dead at the scene. Police investigators say they are searching for the... more »

• Coast Guard gets a new commander in New Orleans

  June 28, 2011 6:36 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Coast Guard captain who worked on the BP oil spill disaster is taking over the command of the Coast Guard sector in New Orleans. Capt. W. Gautier took over the job Monday from Capt. Edwin M. Stanton at a change-of-command ceremony. The Coast Guard says... more »

• N.O. felony arrests-conviction rates improving

  June 20, 2011 10:48 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A Metropolitan Crime Commission report says that 42 percent of felony arrests from 2009 concluded in felony convictions. That's the highest rate of conviction since the commission began tracking in 1999 and a significant increase from the 24 percent arrest to conviction rate for 2007 felony... more »

• Louisiana is Home to Dirtiest City in the US

  June 19, 2011 2:58 PM

  Louisiana is now home to the dirtiest city in America. New Orleans was ranked number one on Travel & Leisure's Dirtiest City Survey. Visitors gauge "dirty" in a variety of ways: litter, air pollution, even the taste of local tap water. Many of the cities that ranked poorly also... more »

• Judge Halts Sale of French Quarter Theater

  June 19, 2011 12:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - At the request of a group of theater boosters, a New Orleans judge has ordered the board of Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre to temporarily halt steps to sell part of the theater building for use as a restaurant. The theater board had agreed to... more »

• Construction to Close Canal

  June 19, 2011 12:08 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Construction of the surge barrier along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway will result in the closing of the canal to vessel traffic at the surge barrier for 45 hours next week, the Army Corps of Engineers said. The corps said the canal will close at 3 a.m.... more »

• Deal reached for youth baseball program in N.O.

  June 17, 2011 9:12 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans city officials have reached a preliminary agreement with the Major League Baseball Urban Youth Foundation to launch a youth baseball and softball program. The deal announced Thursday by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city council members calls for a $5.3 million project to renovate a... more »

• Judge: BellSouth owes city of New Orleans

  June 15, 2011 9:42 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A judge says BellSouth owes the city of New Orleans millions of dollars for rights-of-way granted by the city for telephone service. What the final payment will be wasn't entirely clear in U.S. District Judge Eldon Fallon's order. Fallon said BellSouth, now part of AT&T, owes... more »

• New Orleans caravan takes food to Joplin

  June 7, 2011 9:55 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A caravan of trucks carrying seafood and other Louisiana food favorites is heading to Missouri to feed the tornado victims of Joplin, Mo. The caravan includes refrigerated trucks, trailers, cooking equipment, tents, generators and a music stage. The New Orleans contingent plan to feed more than... more »

• Monks' Casket Fight Lands in Federal Court

  June 5, 2011 11:17 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - An order of Benedictine monks takes on the funeral industry Monday in a federal court dispute over whether the monks can sell simple caskets - or the state can block them from doing so until they pass a myriad of licensing requirements. The monks of St.... more »

• Prosecutors Challenge New Trial for EX-NO Cop

  June 4, 2011 11:02 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Federal prosecutors are appealing a judge's decision to order a new trial for a former New Orleans police officer convicted of writing a false report on a deadly police shooting after Hurricane Katrina. A notice of appeal filed Friday by U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office says... more »

• More Auctions Ad New Orleans Fights Blight

  June 2, 2011 10:06 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The city of New Orleans continues efforts to deal with the problem of blighted and abandoned properties with auctions this month. Nine properties that have been declared "nuisance" properties were set to be auctioned on Thursday. And another 30 go on the auction block June 14.... more »

• Parks Re-opening in New Orleans After Lead Tests

  May 20, 2011 8:11 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Eight of 11 parks that were closed in New Orleans because of lead contamination in the soil have re-opened. City officials closed the parks for remediation over a month ago after tests were done to determine whether they were contaminated with lead. Officials said the lead... more »

• Mystikal Returns to New Orleans' Jazz Fest

  May 7, 2011 6:35 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - His prison sentence behind him, rapper Mystikal returns Saturday to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and his hometown fans a little older, a little wiser and a bit more humble - but still carrying that same fresh spirit that helps keep the party going... more »

• Local Saint Buys Dream Home Tickets

  April 24, 2011 12:20 AM

  A local Saint made a stop in Acadiana Saturday afternoon. Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints toured the 2011 St. Jude Dream Home located in Grand Point Subdivision in Lafayette. After his tour, Smith bought three tickets and he says people shouldn't think twice about donating to a... more »

• Ground broken on New Orleans mega hospital

  April 19, 2011 10:57 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Despite new money worries, state and city officials held a groundbreaking Monday for a proposed $1.2 billion hospital in the heart of New Orleans to replace the long-shuttered Charity public hospital flooded during Hurricane Katrina and still closed despite public outcries to reopen it. The groundbreaking... more »

• New Orleans Boots Up Beautification Campaign

  April 16, 2011 3:16 PM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans is hoping to clean up its act a bit. On Friday, city officials announced the formation of Keep New Orleans Beautiful, an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. The initiative will seek to fight litter and waste and beautify neighborhoods in other ways. City officials... more »

• Traffic Up at NO Airport

  April 9, 2011 10:52 AM

  KENNER, La. (AP) - For the first two months of 2011, passenger traffic at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is up 5.5 percent. The airport says most of the increase is due to an 11 percent jump in January, as compared with January 2010. February passenger traffic was up... more »

• Family Remembers Young Gun Victim

  April 9, 2011 10:39 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The family of a young Jefferson Parish girl killed 18 months ago by stray gunfire plans to mark her birthday this weekend with a gathering at the mausoleum where she was laid to rest. Paige DeJean would have turned 9 on Saturday. The Times-Picayune reports that... more »

• Landrieu Opposes UNO-SUNO Merger

  March 27, 2011 11:47 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Mayor Mitch Landrieu has joined the ranks of those opposed to merging Southern University at New Orleans and the University of New Orleans. In an article for publication in The Louisiana Weekly's April 4 issue, Landrieu says Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to combine the universities was... more »

• LA Attorney General Bars N.O. from Railroad Money

  March 27, 2011 11:41 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana's attorney general says New Orleans officials have no authority to use New Orleans Public Belt Railroad funds to help balance the city's budget. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said that the city had no `claim' or right to any `surplus' revenue from public railroad entity. The... more »

• Hundreds Support School Paddling Policy

  March 27, 2011 11:36 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - More than 500 students, parents and other supporters of a Roman Catholic High School are under fire for its use of corporal punishment marched to the New Orleans Archdiocese buildings Saturday to ask the archbishop to retract statements he has made opposing the practice of paddling.... more »

• Wanted: Enduring, Iconic, Artistic Evacuation Art

  March 27, 2011 11:29 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Getting the word out to about 30,000 of New Orleans' most vulnerable residents on how and where to catch a free ride out of town when a hurricane approaches already involves radio, television and newspapers. Soon, it may involve art too. Evacuteer.org, a volunteer group that... more »

• New Orleans getting more airline service

  March 15, 2011 6:07 AM

  KENNER, La. (AP) - Additional airline service is coming into New Orleans later this year. The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport says Delta Connection will begin daily nonstop service to Kansas City on June 6. Then, Southwest Airlines Co. will increase its service to two current destinations with three... more »

• New Orleans Police: 5 Teens Shot in Bar, 1 Dead

  March 13, 2011 10:21 AM

  NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Police say a gunman apparently opened fire on teenagers attending a party in a New Orleans bar and fled, leaving one 18-year-old man dead and four other teens wounded. Police said early Sunday a 16-year-old girl was in critical condition and two other girls ages 14... more »

• Parade Melee: Officers Injured, 12 Arrests

  March 8, 2011 12:11 PM

  An unauthorized Carnival parade triggered a melee that injured six police officers and resulted in 12 arrests, police said Tuesday. The Sunday night incident started after dispatchers received calls that about 200 people were marching and playing music in the Faubourg Marigny section of the city, near the French... more »