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Why have we turned our back on Pontchartrain Beach?
It's almost summer time again in New Orleans and for another season Pontchartrain Beach is closed.
Boy, 13, shot in New Orleans East
New Orleans police are investigating a shooting that left a 13-year-old boy injured Monday night in New Orleans East, according to NOPD spokeswoman Hilal Williams.
New Orleans BMOC 7v7 Photo Gallery II
The Louisiana Bootleggers Elite squad, powered by three LSU commits, defeated West Jefferson in the finals of the Big Man On Campus 7-on-7 Tournament held yesterday on the West Bank of New Orleans.
Our times: New Orleans ravaged by flu epidemic in 1918
New Orleans was an epicenter of death for 12 horrible weeks in the fall of 1918, as the Spanish Influenza spread throughout the globe.
Police: Victim in Sunday slaying was holding baby when shot
New Orleans police arrested a man in connection with a shooting that left a man dead blocks away from a festival on Sunday afternoon.
Man arrested in connection with Sunday's murder near Bayou St. John
New Orleans police have arrested a 40-year-old local man and booked him in connection with Sunday's murder in the Bayou St.
New national registry details wrongful convictions
A newly created online national list of wrongful convictions shows Louisiana has had 38 exonerations in state and federal courts since 1989.
LPO crests powerfully in season-capping concert with Symphony Chorus of New O...
The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra unleashed a great, Mississippi flood of music on Saturday, bringing its 2011-2012 season to a triumphant, high-romantic conclusion with Mahler's 9th Symphony, the Austrian titan's last-completed work in the genre.
Get a taste of the New Orleans sound at d.b.a
After reveling in the bacchanalia of the famed Bourbon Street the night before, we were looking for a different cultural side of the city, if you will.
Jazz guitarist Davy Mooney back in town to celebrate 'Perrier Street'
Jazz guitarist Davy Mooney grew up in New Orleans and studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts before leaving for college in Texas.
Driver charged in fatal crash in Saint Tammany Parish
A Mississippi woman was charged with vehicular homicide and reckless driving in a fatal crash in Saint Tammany Parish on Sunday morning.
Money set aside to study New Orleans to Baton Rouge commuter rail
Planning groups in Baton Rouge and New Orleans have set aside money to study building passenger rail service linking the two major metropolitan areas.
Bill shelved to let National Guard police New Orleans
A New Orleans lawmaker has shelved his proposal 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.
Mentors sought for New Orleans children
On Saturday, the Kingsley House hosted Mentorfest, an opportunity for adults to register as tutors and role models for kids and make a positive difference in their lives.
New Orleans author wins 2012 Eudora Welty Memorial Award
New Orleans author Pamela Binnings Ewen's "The Moon in the Mango Tree" has won the 2012 Eudora Welty Memorial Award given by the National League for American Pen Women.
After the flood: Flood fight involved more than protecting riverfront
"It was a lot bigger process than the average person knows about - that was a fact," said Lance Moore, the warden at Concordia Parish Corrections.
New Orleans City Council's inability to fill a vacancy is precedented, after all
The statement in this column Monday that the New Orleans City Council has never before failed to fill a vacancy in its ranks, forfeiting the choice to the mayor, turns out to have been incorrect.
Angela Coleman to be sentenced in plot to loot charities
A federal judge has scheduled a May 23 sentencing hearing for a gravely ill New Orleans woman who pleaded guilty in a corruption case involving government grant money.
The Ricky Graham and Betty White cake: Separated at baking?
We got a press release about the recent Friars Club roast of Betty White , which featured a cake in the actress' image constructed by TLC's Cake Boss .
St. Tammany opens new fishing pier
Parish leaders called it a great day for St. Tammany, as the parish officially opened it's new fishing pier in Slidell.
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