Poydras News

It's a long, hot summer in South Louisiana, but that never stops the party that is New Orleans.

Local movie screens are ablaze with the flashy special effects of summertime sizzlers designed to lure in audiences from the heat and fill seats.

St. Bernard Parish President Craig Taffaro is hosting three ground breakings this week, and another five next week.

Rehabilitation of Poydras Street from South Claiborne Avenue to Broad Street is under way.

Two outdoor billboards are up in New Orleans and a third billboard is scheduled to go up Tuesday on the west bank of Jefferson Parish, featuring a dozen of the most wanted suspects by the New Orleans Police Department and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.

A Poydras-area man was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle accident in Violet this morning, a St.

Barbara Simmons Dowl of New Orleans became the first person convicted at trial of stealing money from the Road Home, the largest disaster recovery program in U.S. history, when a federal jury found her guilty Friday on five counts of fraud.

State District Judge Wayne G. Cresap of St. Bernard Parish was taken into federal custody late Friday and has been charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, federal authorities said.

An enduring myth, right up there with "Love is blind," is the belief in a "runner's high." I ran track in school more than 30 years ago and still bristle when someone links running to anything other than exquisite suffering.

The day dreaded by thousands of taxpayers is upon us. Procrastinators have until midnight to get their federal tax returns filed with the IRS.

In the just-concluded four days that the "Live With Regis and Kelly" talk show showcased New Orleans as no multimillion-dollar national advertising campaign could possibly do, one message came through loud and clear: It's all about food.

Do you like the red light and speeding cameras? Yes 36.00% 54 votes No 64.00% 96 votes 150 Total Votes Post your comment Here's what other people are saying: April 6, 2009 12:43 a.m. We need more of them.

A St. Bernard Parish man has been arrested in connection with a daylong crime spree in which he's accused of trespassing, burglarizing two houses and selling stolen items to a pawn shop and scrap metal yard.

Parents can use a common application to apply to most New Orleans traditional and charter public schools for the 2009-10 school year.

Citing allegations of a hostile work environment in FEMA's New Orleans office, Sen.

The FBI is searching for a man that authorities say made off with cash from a downtown bank this morning.

The mastermind of a scheme that led to the first federal charges of Road Home fraud in Louisiana was convicted Thursday in state court of filing false public records, some of which were used to collect public ...

The proposed, $400-million New Orleans high-rise involving real estate mogul Donald Trump is on hold pending the recovery of the national economy.

St. Bernard Parish officials held a groundbreaking Friday at Kenilworth Park and Gauthier Gym in Poydras where work has started on reconstruction of the ball park and the adjacent new gym.

A New Orleans developer has begun a major renovation of the building that once housed the Little Gem Saloon, the watering hole on South Rampart Street where early legends of jazz were known to congregate in ...