Jayson Seidman wants to keep the neon sno-ball signs but add 30 seats and an open-air patio at Magazine and Constantinople.

State auditors found 733 trucks dodged open Louisiana weigh stations in one field study, with nearly $2 million in old penalties still uncollected.

A 16-year-old was hospitalized after a shooting in the 6300 block of Morrison Road early Tuesday. Police have not released his condition.

The new law bars campus bans on self-defense spray, though hospitals, K-12 buildings and armed-security events stay off-limits.

A $41.50 rate hike for independent rural clinics is reshaping who profits as Louisiana's Medicaid rolls shrink by 200,000.

New moms on Medicaid can now get doula support for free — up to $1,500 worth per pregnancy, from prenatal visits through delivery.

New Orleans starts Sunday clear and muggy before afternoon storms and a heat index near 105°F. Rain chances rise Monday before a hotter, drier stretch arrives later in the week.

New Orleans faces a 105-degree heat index Saturday, with slow afternoon storms and a wetter Sunday ahead.

Crews are laying new bike lanes near Old Hammond Highway as Jefferson Parish links Bucktown to Metairie Road by 2028.

A judge signed off on payouts for 490 victims of the 2019 Canal Street disaster, but one widow says the deal brings no justice.

SWAT deputies rappelled down the LaPlace bridge to free a trapped driver whose truck landed upright in the marsh below.

One person is in custody as bomb techs clear the City Drive duplex in Slidell, days before Abney Elementary's new year starts.

New Orleans’ first Steak ’n Shake has opened at Fair Grounds, serving Steakburgers, tallow fries and shakes.