Tecovas is opening a Magazine Street store at 3901 Magazine St. later this year, bringing boots, in-store personalization and planned local events to the Garden District.

A massive tent has wrapped St. Elizabeth's, the Uptown complex once owned by Anne Rice, as Terminix carries out a weeklong fumigation after a drywood termite infestation.

Bastion’s new Mirabeau wellness center has opened, expanding free therapy, rehab and community programs to veterans across New Orleans. The hub served hundreds in its first month.

Photos show Slidell officers removing a juvenile alligator that wandered into a neighborhood on June 21, 2026.

A 23‑year‑old Alabama man pleaded guilty in New Orleans after admitting he and his father staged a drowning on the Mississippi River in August 2023 to avoid sex‑crime charges. The scheme triggered a costly Coast Guard search and now carries federal penalties.

A fire at the Williams midstream facility in Paradis was extinguished Friday; parish officials say there were no injuries or releases while investigators secure the scene.

Louisiana ordered two‑year revalidations for high‑risk Medicaid providers and may pause new enrollments for some DME and home‑health agencies to curb improper billing. The state is also stepping up screenings and data analysis.

Multiple traffic lights are out across Jefferson Parish after Tropical Storm Arthur; officials say treat dark intersections as four‑way stops and yield to the right.

A Flood Watch and a life-threatening flash-flood risk are in effect across New Orleans today. Heavy downpours could flood streets; heat spikes return this weekend.

A parking dispute at MSY turned into a federal case: the caller pleaded guilty to making a bomb threat and received one year of probation.

A New Orleans store clerk was critically injured after a stabbing in the Irish Channel. Police have detained a suspect and are investigating.

Lawmakers set up a dedicated Watershed Restoration and Conservation Fund for the Amite River Basin, funneling sand severance revenues into local restoration and flood‑risk projects. Officials say the modest pot could unlock federal matches for basin‑scale work.

NOPD posted that city traffic fatalities are down about 40% compared with 2025 and honored members of its Traffic Division. City crash dashboards and annual datasets will show whether the drop holds.