4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1183+ words) Despite the typical August heat, sweet evening light washes over the clouds and shimmers across the Mississippi River as a ship passes The Fly at sunset in New Orleans. Rocky Road Cookies aren't complete without marshmallow. There's a particular magic…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (614+ words) The sun rises over marshland along Freshwater City Road near where SpaceX is planning to build a multibillion-dollar spaceport in Vermilion Parish, La., Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. President and chief operating officer of SpaceX Gwynne Shotwell speaks during the SpaceX announcement at…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (444+ words) New Orleans students are leading the nation in reading and math growth as they improve their test scores faster than their peers in Louisiana and across the country, according to a recent nationwide analysis. New Orleans students learned nearly 34% more…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (882+ words) Chance the Rapper, in an image from his website. New Orleans soul and R&B singer Erica Falls. Live music options in New Orleans for the week of Sept. 3-9 include a Chicago rapper teamed with an up-and-coming New Orleans rapper…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (539+ words) The crowd listens to George Clinton and others perform during the Essence Festival of Culture at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Sunday, July 5, 2026. As the Essence Festival of Culture nears the end of its five-year contract with New Orleans…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (185+ words) Gov. Jeff Landry has named Rep. Mark Wright, R-Covington, to a top role at the state transportation department, according to a news release Monday. Wright is a former chair of the House Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee and has…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (100+ words) What does New Orleans sound like? For decades, one answer has been the "Yat," an accent born in the city’s working class neighborhoods and shaped by the people who call them home. But now people say the "Yat" dialect…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (612+ words) A video of Elon Musk and Gov. Jeff Landry visiting Pecan Island recently plays during the announcement of plans to build a SpaceX spaceport on the Louisiana coast south of Pecan Island Tuesday, August 25, 2026, in Abbeville, La. Louisiana Economic Development…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (393+ words) Gerber is the author of three books, “New Orleans: Life and Death in the Big Easy,” “Cherchez La Femme: New Orleans Women,” and “The Danse Macabre: Celebration and Survival in New Orleans.” Award-winning mystery writer Lucy Foley will visit the…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1795+ words) Civil rights activist Jerome Smith speaks about growing up in New Orleans to a Martin Luther King Charter School class on March 18, 2011. At right is sixth grader Lenece Webb. Jerome Smith smiles in 2019. When he was a boy in the…...