Blake Pontchartrain: Slow — 'Drunk Zone' ahead

The historic neighborhood of Bayou St. John is architecturally one of the most eclectic and interesting areas of the Crescent City. From Creole cottages to Craftsman havens, antebellum manses to contemporary conversions, the area is a mélange of styles, with a selection of eateries and grocers close at hand. City Park and the verdant spaces around Bayou St. John are within easy walking distance.

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi's Department of Transportation has received a $60 million grant to make improvements to the Interstate 10 freight corridor in Diamondhead, President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday. The award is part of nearly $1.2 billion in funding made available from the National Infrastructure Project Assistance discretionary...

It seems apropos that the home of a well-heeled gallery owner named Martine Chaisson feels like it belongs in the heart of Paris. The building, one of a series of townhouses that line the block of Camp Street across from St. Patrick’s Church, was built in the 1850s for an Episcopal church on Lafayette Square.

On Monday, as the city officially announced that all major Uptown parades were being returned to their normal routes, word spread of the apparent disruption of a small but popular downtown parade. When the Krewe du Vieux revealed its 2023 route from the lower Marigny to the Central Business District,...

A 3-month-old Shar Pei puppy named "Toby" was stolen from a Lakeview home during a burglary on Monday. Toby's worried owner, Scott Elston, The Humane Society of Louisiana and an anonymous donor are offering a $1,300 reward for Toby's safe return. "I'm really devastated," Elston said Thursday. "That was my...

Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux's co-owner Richard "Rick" Farrell gave over $450,000 dollars to the campaign to oust Mayor LaToya Cantrell, accounting for nearly all of the $488,000 the recall effort raised between Oct. 1 and Dec. 29, 2022, according to a finance report filed Tuesday with the Louisiana ethics board. That...

St. Bernard Parish is seeking to intervene in a lawsuit that aims to block the Port of New Orleans’ planned $1.5 billion container ship terminal in Violet. The parish’s motion to join the 2021 suit will be heard Thursday in state court in Chalmette. It was filed last week by St. Bernard Parish District Attorney Perry Nicosia’s office, which represents the parish government.

Two men were stabbed on Bourbon Street early Thursday and taken to a hospital, New Orleans police said. Police said the stabbings were in the 200 block of Bourbon between Iberville and Bienville streets (map). Authorities were called at 12:51 a.m. after the two men were stabbed in separate incidents, they said.

Saran Bynum, an artist and filmmaker who lives in New Orleans, knew at an early age that she was adopted. But it was years before she set out to find her biological parents, a Black American man and Vietnamese woman. Now, Bynum has created a film, shot in New Orleans...

New Orleans City Council President JP Morrell is preparing significant new reforms for the way the city permits and treats Mardi Gras krewes in the future, ranging from forcing out some old-line parade krewes to giving walking krewes like Chewbacchus and krewedelusion the same sort of protections and rights that “traditional” parading groups like Rex and Zulu now enjoy.

A man who was found dead near Slidell early Monday morning has been identified by the St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office as 57-year-old Chris Warren, according to a news release. He was a Slidell resident. The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office received a call that a body had been discovered...

The wall of an Uptown convenience store was smashed early Thursday and an ATM was stolen, New Orleans police said. It's at least the third ATM that's been targeted in New Orleans in less than a month. Thursday's burglary was reported around 4 a.m. at the Tchoup Stop in the...

A man riding a motorcycle died following a crash with a sport utility vehicle on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie late Tuesday afternoon, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. Authorities have not yet released the name of the victim. The wreck was reported about 4 p.m. at the intersection...

The New Orleans coroner has identified a man who was killed over the weekend in Algiers. Ra'Quan Butcher was 24, officials said. Butcher was found around 10:50 p.m. near a crashed vehicle at the intersection of Dickens Drive and Zion Street (map) in the Old Aurora neighborhood. He had been shot and died at the scene, New Orleans police said.

Below is a compilation of properties sold in West Jefferson Parish from Jan. 12-19, 2023. Data is compiled from public records. Jacqueline Drive 148: Robin G. Gonzales to Tracy L. Christian, donation, no value stated. Julia Drive 157: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Ridge Attardo, $10 and other...

Fast growing grocery chain Aldi should begin construction on its first Baton Rouge-area location in the next couple of weeks. Work is set to begin soon on a store in the Settlement at Shoe Creek, said Heather Moore, a division vice president for Aldi USA. The Central store is one...

Five thousand children in New Orleans will have access to free spots at early childhood education centers next school year — including 1,000 new seats funded by the property tax Orleans Parish voters approved last year. Families who meet the income threshold can apply for a spot for their...

The New Orleans coroner released the identities of a teen boy and a teen girl shot dead in unrelated homicides on Sunday, a day that saw three people die by gun violence. Kennedi Belton, 15, was fatally shot at around 1:41 p.m. in the 8000 block of Curran Boulevard in Little Woods. The Warren Easton High School freshman had been at a slumber party, according to reporting from WWL-TV. She died at the scene.

State football champion Destrehan High School celebrated an impressively large college signing class Wednesday at the school. Included among the 12 players who signed with colleges were quarterback Jai Eugene Jr., who will play defensive back at Tulane, Missouri-bound wideout Daniel Blood and Colorado State-bound offensive lineman Christian Martin. Joining...

The fried chicken with biscuits and red beans at Copeland’s of New Orleans are each a bit different from Popeyes, but their recipes were set by the same hand and they aren’t changing anytime soon. The artichoke and spinach dip with fried bow tie pasta screams throwback dish but remains a top seller and isn’t going anywhere either.