New Orleans News

And so that is how Barack Obama's first year is going to go down in the record books.

In New Orleans, home of the most charter schools per child in the country, advertisements for the vast array of available educational options compete for attention with everything from "Lost Pet" fliers to signs for political campaigns.

New Orleans -- The U.S. rice industry is making way for the Jazzman. It's a new variety of aromatic rice developed at Louisiana State University and being sold under several folksy-sounding labels -- and it could become a viable competitor to the Thai jasmine rice that accounts for $350 million in U.S. business each year.

A one-year-old girl is recovering after being struck by fragments from a wall during a shooting.

Pope knocked down today by a woman during a procession he was in for Christmas Eve mass. When the Pope was knocked down he suffered no injuries.

Louisiana insurance regulators are suing a company accused of selling worthless construction bonds for bids on hundreds of millions of dollars in government projects, Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said.

NEW ORLEANS A 14-year-old boy is in a New Orleans hospital after being shot in Central City, according to New Orleans Police Department spokesman Officer Janssen Valencia.

On 12/19 at 2245hrs, officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop at the above location.

Louisiana insurance regulators are suing a company accused of selling worthless construction bonds for bids on hundreds of millions of dollars in government projects.

It may not be a white Christmas but it sure will be cold across Louisiana. The National Weather Service expects up to 3 inches of rain across northern stretches through Thursday.

NEW ORLEANS Two candidates, Eddie Sapir and Darren Mire, running for the two New Orleans City Council at-large seats have withdrawn their names from the race.

The Rev. Benjamin Edwards leaves federal court after being arraigned Monday. Benjamin Edwards, the 9th Ward minister accused of using his position on the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board to direct millions of dollars to himself and his brother, pleaded innocent Monday to extortion, money laundering and a host of other federal charges.

Despite some recent uncertainty, a Christmas Eve tradition is expected to be revived in the Mississippi River parishes west of New Orleans.

The U.S. rice industry is making way for the Jazzman. It's a new variety of aromatic rice developed at Louisiana State University and being sold under several folksy-sounding labels - and it could become a viable competitor to the Thai jasmine rice that accounts for $350 million in U.S. business each year.

New Orleans police are investigating the death of a 37-year-old man. Police spokesman Garry Flot says the man, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound, was found early Monday morning on Touro Street.

Antoinette Givins of Slidell, right, hands her resume' to a recruiter with Jacobs Technology in October during a LaWorks Job Fair in Slidell.

The number two leader of the state House, Rep. Karen Carter Peterson, hasn't even signed up to run for a newly-open Senate seat in the Legislature.

A New Orleans tax assessor who's now running for the city council is set to stand trial in May in Jefferson Parish on a couple of misdemeanor traffic tickets he got for using flashing police lights on his SUV.

BATON ROUGE - Shreveport-Bossier City's four riverboats and the casino at Harrah's Louisiana Downs racetrack in Bossier City took in $57 million last month, down from $65.8 million in November 2008, according to state police.

Safety Darren Sharper leads all active NFL players in interceptions. In his first season with the Saints he has picked off eight interceptions in 13 games.