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.

Arrest affidavits say 21 catalytic converters were found in a car at the Mall of Louisiana and investigators linked the suspect to thefts across Denham Springs and Baton Rouge.

FEMA looks set to extend New Orleans' deadline for its multibillion-dollar roadwork program, buying the city months to decide which projects to finish. Roughly $500 million remains to be spent.

A House committee rejected measures that would let parishes vote on carbon storage projects, sharpening a split between local control and state permitting.

Captain Crab held a soft opening May 17 in New Caney and is serving Louisiana‑style staples like gumbo, étouffée, po'boys, crawfish and crab legs. The locally owned spot opened as the neighborhood's restaurant scene expands.

An Amtrak Mardi Gras Service train struck and killed a woman near Irvington, Alabama; the eastbound train resumed to New Orleans after a multi‑hour delay. Investigators are on scene and officials point to a wider safety debate on the Gulf Coast line.