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In a new post-Katirna milestone New Orleans is no longer considered the most blighted city in America. Using reports of active and non active mailing addresses the Greater New Orleans Data Center has calculated that over...

Jon Jones, one of the most recognizable faces in UFC fighting, nearly lost his most important endorser last month: Nike. A DWI in late July led Nike executives to reconsider the deal that would make Jon Jones the undisputed...

The New Orleans Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints around the Orleans Parish area between 9pm and 5am TONIGHT THURSDAY AUGUST, 16. Police state that the checkpoints are aimed at impaired motorists and...

As many residents are aware, New Orleans’ new city-wide assessor, Erroll Williams, recently raised the assessments of over 41,000 local properties. Although this sort of action has typically occurred in quadrennial...

LSU announced in a press conference today that cornerback and Heisman trophy contender Tyrann Mathieu would be dismissed from the football program. The announcement comes after Mathieu failed a drug screening. Sources did not

The New Orleans Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints around the Faubourg Marigny area between 9pm and 5am this THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. Police state that the checkpoints are aimed at impaired motorists and...

NOLA.com reported today that two New Orleans clubs are the latest to feel the heat from the city’s recent crackdown on live music in unlicensed venues. According to reports, Circle Bar on St. Charles Ave and Siberia on

The New Orleans Police Department will be conducting sobriety checkpoints around the Algiers area between 9pm and 5am this FRIDAY JUNE, 15. Police state that the checkpoints are aimed at impaired motorists and reducing...

Amid a package of laws that go into effect in the coming months, a new statute makes traffic camera tickets appealable to New Orleans judges. 517 new laws from the most recent legislative session go into effect today...

(July 31, 2012)- New Orleans police have issued an arrest warrant for Cuba Gooding, Jr. after the actor allegedly pushed a bartender twice in a French Quarter business early this morning. The incident happened in the...

The suspected shooter in the Aurora movie theater killing spree was charged yesterday with 142 crimes. James Holmes faces:24 counts of First-degree murder (two counts per person killed); 116 counts of Attempted murder (two...

3 individuals and 6 taxi companies have filed suit to block new city rules governing cab companies. The new rules would require taxi fleets to eliminate all vehicles over 11 years old and to ensure that all cabs have modern...

Leonard Feller was arrested and charged for driving while intoxicated and vehicular negligent injury after colliding and killing Loyola University student Matthew Chuey early Thursday morning. Additional charges of vehicular

Tommy White was arrested and held on the charge of negligent homicide after finding his 3-month old daughter face down in a pan with melted ice water. Records indicate White placed a bag of ice in a pan next to his bed prior

The family-owned bakery that survived the Great Depression and manufactured the classic fried Hubig’s pies burned down last night. Authorities say a five-alarm fire originated somewhere in the Marigny factory’s...

The following streets will experience closures due to President Obama’s visit to the city: The following is a list of street closures and times of closures: •Audubon Boulevard between S. Claiborne and Hickory, both...

Actor Russell Brand was arrested in New Orleans back in March after he wrestled an iPhone from the hands of a paparazzo and threw it through the window of a Warehouse District law firm. The District Attorney’s office...

The federal consent decree over the New Orleans Police Department will be announced today at 3:45pm at Gallier Hall by U.S Attorney General Eric Holder, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other local and federal officials.