Two Sisters has reopened on Basin Street in Tremé, serving old-school smothered turkey wings, oxtails and a shrimp-and-sausage smothered okra. The relaunch is family-run and locally backed.

Three LaPlace juveniles were detained after deputies say they hit six vehicles early Saturday. Officials say stolen items were recovered and two suspects confessed.

Ponchatoula native Allen Graves was taken 19th overall by the Toronto Raptors after a breakout freshman season at Santa Clara and a dramatic March shot.

Two defendants in the 2024 French Quarter shooting pleaded guilty after jury selection; sentencing is set for June 25. The remaining defendant still faces trial.

A rainy bicentennial parade rolled more than 20 floats through downtown New Orleans toward the Superdome, with crowds watching from Canal and Jefferson Davis.

Mostly cloudy start, high near 92°F; storms possible this afternoon and heat returns Sunday.

St. Charles Parish warns absentee ballot requests for the June 27 election are due today by 4:30 p.m.; act now to get your ballot.

Succotash has reopened at 1041 Dumaine, restoring an 1860s French Quarter dining room with a seafood-forward menu and plans for an upstairs event gallery.

Bulldozers moved in this week to clear the long‑vacant DeGaulle Manor in Algiers as city leaders pledged $3M and promised the blighted parcel would be readied for redevelopment.

The Supreme Court ruled that RLUIPA does not allow money damages after a Louisiana inmate’s dreadlocks were forcibly cut, even as justices condemned the act.

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.

French Toast, the Decatur Street brunch spot, was burglarized overnight. Owners say stolen equipment and card use at nearby shops compound summer losses tied to Decatur construction.

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.