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NEW ORLEANS (NOLA WEEKEND) - While Mardi Gras parades are long gone, other parades are ramping up as the spring festival season approaches. Here’s a list of events happening in New Orleans and the surrounding areas this weekend from March 24 to March 26. Louisiana Crawfish Festival. Crawfish lovers...

Louisiana Crawfish Festival, Gretna Italian-Irish Parade among things to do this weekend, March 24 - 26

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Four high-ranking members of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office were given the option to resign or be terminated, sources tell Fox 8. Sources tell Fox 8 that the employees in question are Assistant Sheriff Kristen Morales, Assistant Sheriff Pearlina Thomas, Chief Financial Officer David Trautenberg, and Legal Counsel Graham Bosworth.

Sources: 4 top Orleans Sheriff employees asked to resign or be terminated

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A shipbuilder and prominent businessman in New Orleans says he is disappointed in the failed effort to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell. Laney Chouest says the city is at a critical point and was looking forward to having issues addressed in a recall election to help put the city back on the right track.

New Orleans businessman who donated $2k disappointed in failed recall effort

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Polls are open until 8 p.m. for voters in 28 Louisiana parishes that have elections Saturday (March 25). The list includes Orleans Parish, where a runoff election to fill a vacated seat in the state House of Representatives heads the ballot for many. Jefferson, Plaquemines, St....

State representative runoff on the ballot Saturday for some in Orleans Parish

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Alonzo Knox was elected Saturday (March 25) to Louisiana’s House of Representatives, filling the New Orleans-based District 93 seat left vacant after Royce Duplessis was voted into the state senate last November. Knox, a former US Marine and owner of Treme’s Backatown Coffee Parlour with...

Knox wins runoff for 93rd District state representative seat

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell appeared in public with the president and vice president of the city council for the first time since the recall effort against her failed. The city leaders say they are committing to a spirit of unity for municipal government. Marching through...

Will New Orleans city leaders honor their commitment of collaboration?

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday (March 25) to change requirements for short-term rental owners and operators. The council voted to limit the number of short-term rentals to three per city square, which can include more than one street. Short-term rental owners would be put...

City council votes to change requirement for short term rental owners and operations

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Loyola University New Orleans welcomes Xavier Cole, Ed.D, as its first African American president. He will officially become the university’s 18th leader on June 1. University leaders held an outdoor ceremony to introduce Dr. Cole to Loyola’s campus. There he received a Loyola jersey bearing...

Loyola University New Orleans introduces its first African American president

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Suspect wanted for using flatbed truck to steal a car from parking lot

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - NOPD is seeking the public’s help locating a man wanted for stealing a car from a parking lot using...

Suspect wanted for using flatbed truck to steal a car from parking lot

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