New Orleans News

Literally. The D'Aunoys, like many other families in the Lakeview neighborhood, are building homes higher off the ground in hopes of never again losing everything to a hurricane's floodwaters.

Dozens of cargo ships, petrochemical tankers and smaller vessels are stacked up on both sides of New Orleans waiting for the reopening of the Mississippi River betwewen New Orleans and the Gulf.

A day after a 9,000 barrel fuel oil spill led to the shutdown of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf, the Coast Guard says its top priority is to reopen the Port of New Orleans. (Photo AP)

New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley today announced he has fired two police officers who recently made headlines for unprofessional behavior.

A law approved in the recent state legislative session provides for "forced evacuations" in the event of disasters and emergencies.

Mike Baudoin, Public Utilities Director for the City of Gretna, in foreground, and Andy McMenamin, a field supervisor, check the diesel floating on the water surface near the City of Gretna's water intake on ...

... 400,000 gallons of fuel oil and prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to close a 29-mile stretch of the waterway around New Orleans, a Coast Guard spokesman said. The river remained closed between Mile Marker 99, near the Harvey Canal, and Mile Marker 70, ...

Tropical Storm Dolly is over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and slowing down.

NOPD officers said they responded to a shooting call in the 8700 block of Belfast Street, where they found a 19-year-old man dead from a gunshot wound to the head.

New Orleans police are searching for clues in three murders Sunday. A 41-year-old man believed to be from Latin America was gunned down at about 1:30am Sunday at the intersection of North Derbigny and Spain ...

Come out and play at Satchmo SummerFest, the premier American jazz festival dedicated to the life, music and legacy of New Orleans' native son Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong.

The Museum of the American Cocktail will open Monday, July 21, with the Southern Food and Beverage Museum.

A woman from suburban New Orleans has filed a recall petition against state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell.

By JOHN MORENO GONZALES Inhabitants of a New Orleans tent city that attracted donations, drugs and despair for nearly a year were cleared Thursday by a nonprofit group, which says it now must find lasting ...

Though Louisiana does not figure to be a battleground state in the presidential election, its closely contested Senate race will be in the crosshairs of both parties and of various outside political groups that ...

The state has agreed to a $150 million borrowing plan for the "Federal City" in New Orleans.

A New Orleans group that aids the homeless says it has cleared people from a tent encampment under a highway overpass in downtown New Orleans.