Jazz icon Louis Armstrong spent much of his childhood with the Karnofsky family, Lithuanian Jews who even bought him his first cornet. Now, an effort to rebuild their 100-year-old tailor shop is underway.

The special meeting to consider the future of data center development projects in the city was called shortly after news broke about a proposed data center in New Orleans East.

Nolan discusses the journey of writing her debut novel, how her journalism informs her fiction and more with the Gulf States Newsroom’s Drew Hawkins.

The state parole board freed 185 prisoners during Landry’s tenure, compared with 858 in the two years before he took office. Hundreds who would have been released under previous governors remain incarcerated with little chance of earning parole.

Tuesday’s forum brought together Democratic members of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security with leaders in New Orleans, along with community advocates, about the impacts of operation “Catahoula Crunch."

Extreme cold has led to the deaths of five more people in Louisiana, bringing the total number of fatalities state officials are attributing to this week’s winter weather to eight.

Federal immigration enforcement and the deployment of the National Guard for security purposes have put New Orleans in the spotlight recently. What could this do to tourism at a crucial time of the year?

Schools across the New Orleans metro area will be closed Monday (Jan. 26) as a strong cold front moves through the region Sunday. See a list of other closures.

Artists in the neighborhood say Miss Gloria’s Garden provides much-needed food, art and youth programs.

The case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court and reshape the role of religion in public education.