A Fort Bend County bank-account scheme years ago is now costing Adebayo Ademola his green card and sending him back to Nigeria.

Wilcox Academy Central City opened Friday with 13 classrooms, four housing units, and a commercial kitchen churning out 1,200 meals a day.

Maisa Lopes Eliaser spent over a month in ICE custody before officers yanked her off a Brazil-bound plane mid-flight.

Lakeshore Playground in Bucktown is swapping 75,000 square feet of grass for turf serving over 2,000 young athletes.

Darnell Hunter faces mandatory life in prison, while a second killer got the maximum 40 years for a Chef Menteur Highway shooting.

Marcus Davis faces four felony counts after a multi-agency NOPD arrest tied to an ongoing Special Victims investigation.

Owners say chicken and shrimp cost 15% more than three years ago, pushing profits to an all-time low.

New Orleans faces heat index values up to 115 this weekend, with an Extreme Heat Warning Saturday and another day of dangerous heat Sunday.

The $3 million land buy on North Eola Road brought neighbor appeals, flood rules and a water deal before dirt ever moved.

Surveillance video allegedly caught Joshua George Bullock dumping paint near Chartres and St. Ann Streets on August 7. He now faces a felony historic-landmark charge.

A 20-cent monthly charge to fund reactor research got postponed after two commissioners said utilities, not customers, should foot the bill.

The Urban League and Ochsner Health bring free screenings, job interviews and a kids' STEM zone to the Convention Center Saturday.

Sixty vendors a day, a Bali Ha'i pop-up bar and Space Queen's viral Mardi Gras costumes hit House of Blues August 22-23.