Poydras News

The flow of traffic will be restricted along Canal Street between 6pm Friday and 6am Sunday for the Bayou Classic and on-street parking will be prohibited.

Work on a movie is closing part of a downtown street. "Due to film activity the riverside of Convention Center Blvd.

Did you know there used to be a Chinatown in New Orleans? Chi Tao Foo Dear Chi, Once the epicenter of New Orleans' Chinatown, the Chinese market that once occupied the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue gave way to the type of buildings seen throughout the Central Business District.

It wasn't long after Katrina when NOLA.com, having just returned to its building on Poydras, decided to host a party at Fat Harry's Bar and Grill on St.

A longtime St. Bernard Parish judge who handled some of the parish's most high-profile civil lawsuits pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges that involved a judicial bribery scheme that allowed inmates to get out of jail without paying any bond money.

The NOPD is searching for a 72-year-old woman reported missing Saturday afternoon.

The NOPD is searching for a 72-year-old woman reported missing Saturday afternoon.

The Hyatt Regency in downtown New Orleans remains a casualty of two storms, Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing financial meltdown that tightened credit markets across the world.

New Orleans got more than $1 billion for tax-free bonds to help spur development after Hurricane Katrina, but it's finding few takers amid a tight credit market and lingering jitters about investing here nearly four years after the storm.

ST. BERNARD, La. - Sheriffs deputies in St. Bernard Parish are searching for armed robbery suspects that held up a diner, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Steve Cannizaro.

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.