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Hundreds of New Orleans bus stops have been missing signs for over a year. Here's why.
At the busy intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard, small crowds of bus riders gather near a bare pole on any given day, waiting to catch the bus. There’s nowhere to sit as they wait, nor is there a sign on the pole letting everyone know it’s a bus stop.
How can Louisiana evacuate as hurricanes intensify rapidly? Don't wait for contraflow.
One New Orleans restaurant’s bad-weather advice displays the gallows humor often necessary to cope with living in such a precarious place. The “Louisiana Hurricane Evacuation Plan” sign on the door advises: “1. Eat At Melba’s 2. Run Like Hell.”. State and local officials are strongly...
Southeast Louisiana's first heat advisory of 2024 issued for Memorial Day
Southeast Louisiana's first heat advisory of 2024 will go into effect on Memorial Day, when National Weather Service forecasters expect to see the kinds of high temperatures and humidity that often lead to heat-related illnesses. The advisory will be effectual from noon to 8 p.m. on Monday and includes most...
Familiar faces: Wave going west with Nicholls, LSU to UNC
Tulane will head out west to Oregon State for the NCAA regionals, where they will face the top seeded Beavers in the first game Friday night at 8:00 pm central time. In the first game of the Corvallis regional, third seed Nicholls will take on second seeded UC-Irvine.
Where Y’Eat: Greek Food, New Orleans Fun at a Community Festival
When it comes to festival food, there are events where the names of the restaurants taking part run close in local recognition with the headliners on stage. Hey it’s New Orleans. But Greek Festival is different. The food here doesn’t come from vendors, but from a community. It's an...
Harahan Music Festival coming up June 1 to benefit St. Rita food pantry
The fourth annual Harahan Music Festival will be held June 1 at two locations — the Harahan Playground, 6601 10th St., and The Kamp, 2317 Hickory Ave. At the playground, The Sharpened Spurs will play at noon, followed by the Lynn Drury Band at 1:45 p.m. At 3:15 p.m.,...
Pedestrian hit, killed in early morning crash in West Baton Rouge
ERWINVILLE, La. (BRPROUD) — A pedestrian was hit and killed on Monday morning in West Baton Rouge. Louisiana State Police say that around 3 a.m., troopers were responding to a single-vehicle crash on LA Highway 3091, north of LA 620 in West Baton Rouge Parish. During the investigation, troopers...
6 Louisiana schools head to NCAA Baseball Tournament Regionals
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Several Louisiana teams will compete in the upcoming NCAA baseball tournament regionals. Louisiana Tech, LSU, Grambling, UL, Tulane, and Nicholls will represent the state in various regional brackets. LSU is headed to the Chapel Hill Regional, hosted by the North Carolina Tar Heels. Louisiana Tech will...
Jazz funeral procession, second line honors Louisiana lives lost during COVID pandemic
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Stepping in time, the walking track at City Park became a memorial long overdue for the many local lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic. A Saturday (May 25) jazz funeral and second line through City Park provided the chance to properly grieve those not formally laid to rest because of public health restrictions preventing large gatherings.
With over 685 punchlines sent in, check out the WINNER and lots of finalists in Walt Handelsman's latest Cartoon Caption Contest!
Nice! We received 692 entries in this week’s Cartoon Caption Contest. These were all so clever and our winner really captured the moment perfectly with a hilarious punchline! Well done, everyone!. As always, when we have duplicate entries, and we always do, we pick the earliest sent in. Here...
Smiley: And the walk was uphill both ways
"I'm afraid I'm revealing my age," says 'CJD,' of Lafayette. "I was telling my grandson, 'Imagine a world where you had to walk up to the TV to turn it on and walk up to it to turn it off. "'Or walk up to it to turn volume up or...
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