New Orleans and Kenner are expanding missing‑person alerts and changing police procedures to speed searches and get specialized investigators to vulnerable cases faster.

A bicyclist was killed crossing North Claiborne, and the city has moved to approve a Safe Streets plan while riders plan a Friday demonstration. Advocates say quick engineering fixes are overdue.

A 63-year-old Marrero woman shot by deputies after a Dollar General standoff pleaded guilty to four counts and received a largely suspended sentence and probation.

Food & Wine’s Global Tastemakers named Emeril’s among the country’s top restaurants and the Carousel Bar among the best hotel bars, boosting New Orleans to No. 4.

Two Oklahoma men were arrested after authorities say they found roughly 168 pounds of marijuana in Lafayette — a haul investigators estimate is worth about $1.5 million.

Cold Stone announced a New Orleans location and plans to open two to three south Louisiana shops over the next five years, and it is recruiting franchisees to run them.

Lawmakers advanced a package of menhaden bills that would force purse seines into deeper water, expand reporting and impose new fines — splitting industry and anglers.

Hondo Rodeo Fest takes over the Caesars Superdome April 10 612 with a million-dollar rodeo purse, headlining concerts and a Champions Square street festival.

Multiple agencies blocked North Prieur Street near Esplanade in Tremé Wednesday as officers worked a developing incident.

FERC’s draft environmental review finds Cheniere’s Sabine Pass Stage 5 is likely to affect the threatened eastern black rail, sharpening scrutiny of Gulf Coast marshes and mitigation plans.

Jefferson Parish hired a PR firm and posted a flyer saying many firefighters earn six figures as unions press for higher starting pay.

TxDOT has put up wildlife‑crossing signs on Galveston Island after researchers revealed a local coyote population carrying red‑wolf DNA — animals that could matter for recovery.

St. John Parish deputies investigated a late‑night "swatting" call near Nice Court and found no injuries. Detectives say the call was a prank and the probe is active.