Owners of Nottoway Plantation have sued Iberville Parish and local officials, alleging responders and infrastructure failures allowed the 2025 mansion fire to rekindle and destroy the building.

The 1,622‑room Hilton Riverside is starting an $18M renovation phase as part of a $50M overhaul to update rooms, accessibility and guest tech.

NOCHI students Jeremiah Thomas and Riley Chavez lead Deux Fuegos, a Mexican‑Creole pop‑up running May 19–June 12 with limited lunch seatings and proceeds supporting scholarships.

Kern Studios has quietly turned its seasonal float business into a year‑round fabrication company, pulling in major theme‑park and corporate work while keeping local artists employed.

Municipal and Traffic Court judges moved $5 million from court reserves into the city’s cash-management fund to help ease short-term budget pressure as officials hunt for larger fixes.

Mr. Shrimp's Kitchen has opened on the West Bank in Marrero with boiled seasonal crawfish and a redfish royale. The spot offers late‑night weekend hours and jars of the house boil mix.

Fourteen years after Sandra Peters Jefferson was found mortally injured in her Broadmoor home, the homicide remains unsolved. WGNO’s recent segment renewed the call for tips.

A new Louisiana bill would transfer removed public monuments into state parks and bar returning them to their original parishes.

A jury found Zul‑Qarnain Kwame Nantambu guilty of resisting an officer after he ran onto the Super Bowl LIX halftime field; sentencing is set for June 1.

St. Charles deputies named Hugo Lopez‑Martinez, 41, of Metairie as a suspect in a Paradis sexual assault; he was last seen in Slidell after fleeing officers. Tips: 985‑783‑1135.

Michael Fitts is pushing Tulane into downtown with a risky, $650M Charity Hospital redevelopment that would remake research, public health and jobs in New Orleans.

Paul Galaforo pleaded guilty to residential contractor fraud tied to Harahan contracts; a suspended two‑year hard‑labor sentence and one year of probation followed. The city paid his unlicensed company more than $882,000 for work in 2024.

A New Orleans man was indicted after prosecutors say fentanyl-laced cocaine he sold last summer killed two people. Court records and toxicology link fentanyl to both deaths.