A Kenner man was sentenced to 160 months after agents found meth, cocaine and multiple firearms in a 2023 apartment search, prosecutors say.

A nonprofit closed on Grand Isle’s historic Oleander Hotel and plans to turn the 1929 building into a visitor and cultural center anchored by photography and local art. Donations from statewide leaders and private backers helped seal the deal.

Renderings reveal a proposed luxury condo conversion of the former Poor Clare monastery on St. Charles Avenue, complete with courtyard, pool and underground parking.

A fatal crash closed eastbound I‑10 near the Mississippi state line on Friday, snarling Memorial Day travel. Crews later reopened the left lane but backups reached Slidell.

Governor Jeff Landry signed a retroactive law — known as Trey’s Law — that voids NDAs in civil settlements involving child sexual abuse, freeing survivors to speak.

Ed Orgeron is returning to LSU as a special assistant for recruiting and defense under Lane Kiffin, a hire aimed at boosting the Tigers' in‑state recruiting and defensive prep.

Hut 8 will invest $16M to build a closed‑loop water system and new well for its River Bend AI campus, then hand the upgrades to West Feliciana Parish to avoid straining local supplies.

A draft S&WB plan pairs a consolidated drainage tax with a new impervious‑area fee that would cut bills for many high‑value homeowners while raising costs for others. Raftelis' contract was extended to finish the modeling.

Muggy morning gives way to rounds of storms through Memorial Day. Expect downpours and pockets of street flooding.

A New Orleans man admitted he and an accomplice diverted $74,250 in pandemic‑era childcare grants by fabricating a provider on state systems.

A loose cluster of Gulf Coast startups is turning bottles, 3‑D printed reef modules and drone mapping into tools to slow Louisiana’s land loss. Early pilots aim to buy communities time while big projects move slowly.

A car smashed into the Olive Branch Café in Algiers on May 20, injuring people and forcing the West Bank restaurant to close while investigators inspect the damage.

A SWAT roll shut down part of Desire after NOPD said a man sought in an investigation barricaded himself inside a home on the 3800 block of Ursula Spencer Way. Details remain limited.