The Avenue Senior Apartments will bring 72 income-restricted homes to Franklin, with some units set aside for veterans and residents with disabilities.

New Orleans will hit 95 degrees Monday before afternoon storms arrive. Thunderstorm chances stay elevated through the workweek.

New Orleans faces a Sunday Heat Advisory with a heat index up to 113 degrees. Storm chances rise through the week as temperatures slowly ease.

Both men were hospitalized in stable condition after a shootout at Acadian Manor Apartments near Thomas Park. Police say the motive remains unknown.

Hail and 60 mph gusts hit during an extreme heat warning, but Entergy crews slashed outages within hours.

A Heat Advisory covers New Orleans on Saturday as temperatures reach 96 and the heat index climbs as high as 112. Storm chances rise next week.

Kenner police combed nearby woods after a man ran from a traffic stop and jumped into a drainage canal near a firehouse.

A technical rescue team pulled a worker from a trailer at a Mandeville waste facility after he couldn't climb out on his own.

One of only four known pilgrim relics of the saint's blood will stop at five south Louisiana churches over four days.

Jonathan Spino died at the scene near Chevron Plant Road; troopers say his bike and towed wagon had no lights.

Zeus’ Rescues shut its Freret Street food bank after a suspect hit its van three times overnight for bagged dog food.

Pho Cong Noodles & Grill shuts down through Saturday as owners Cong Thanh Pham and Uyen Vu mourn son Tyler, 4.

Investigators say GPS data on a garbage truck helped narrow a 400-acre search to half an acre in Zachary.