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Don Dubuc, Louisiana's voice of the outdoors for decades, will end his long-running radio show
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (1170+ words) Last weekend was different. Dubuc dropped a bombshell toward the end of his show, announcing next Saturday's edition will be his last after around four decades as Louisiana's voice of the outdoors. The 75-year-old will shut down his long-running "Outdoors…...
Boil water advisory for Uptown New Orleans lifted after water main break, S&WB officials say
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (373+ words) A boil water advisory Uptown that was put in place over the weekend after a water main on Panola Street broke was lifted on Monday afternoon, Sewerage & Water Board officials announced. The advisory was lifted after officials received testing results…...
Stolen school bus, held at gunpoint: New details emerge in Louisiana jailbreak
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (626+ words) Top, from left to right: Trenton Taplin, Kopelon Vicknair, Destin Brogan Bottom, from left to right: Kevin Slaughter, Krisean Salinas, Kolin Looney Two of the inmates who broke out of a north Louisiana prison last week " both being held there…...
Louisiana has country’s highest combined sales tax rates, a new report says. Here’s why.
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (760+ words) The sunset lights up the state capitol on Sunday, November 16, 2025 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. ORG XMIT: BAT2511161825190066 For the third year in a row, Louisiana has the highest average combined state and local sales tax rate in the country at 10.11%, according…...
New Orleans leaders on hand for opening of new Rouses Market in New Orleans East
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (655+ words) Mayor Helena Moreno and other city leaders joined Rouses Markets executives on Monday to mark the formal opening of the regional grocery chain's new New Orleans East location, which includes a New Orleans Police Department substation and a variety of…...
20 displaced overnight in New Orleans East fire
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (129+ words) Twenty people were displaced overnight after a three alarm fire broke out in an apartment building in the 6300 block of Kuebel Drive in New Orleans East." Twenty people were displaced overnight after a three alarm fire broke out in an…...
Some New Orleans summer camps are turning away preschoolers. Parents are panicking.
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (805+ words) With plans to send her two children to camp at their Catholic school in New Orleans, Laurie Martin thought she might escape the dreaded scramble to secure summer child care. That changed when she got the email. Days before Christmas,…...
Are the bullet holes from the shooting of Huey Long still visible in Louisiana's State Capitol?
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1240+ words) The column that Carl Weiss stood behind while waiting for U.S. Sen. Huey P. Long to pass the governor's office" in the background" is punctured by a bullet hole resulting from the spray of bullets from Long's bodyguards' guns on Sept. 8, 1935. Tracy…...
Funeral details announced for JPSO deputy killed in New Orleans crash
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (328+ words) Law enforcement agencies are on the scene of a crash that left at least one person dead in the 9200 block of Airline Drive in New Orleans on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026." The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office on Saturday announced funeral details for…...
Celebrating a century of Black high society in New Orleans, Young Men Illinois Club looks to next generation
3+ day ago (1570+ words) The debutantes to be presented at the Young Men Illinois Club ball wait backstage of the Municipal Auditorium before escorted to the stage for the presentation themed "Uniquely New Orleans" Sunday, January 20, 2002. Kennedy Ann-Maria Miller, right, bows as she enters…...