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Pedestrian hit, killed while walking along Erwinville highway
ERWINVILLE - A person from Gretna was hit by a truck and killed early Monday morning while walking on an Erwinville highway. State Police said 55-year-old Adrian Hammond was walking on Flynn Road near Section Road around 3 a.m. when they were hit by a truck. Troopers said Hammond died...
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.
Memorial Day cookouts cost more than years past
NEW ORLEANS — You're right if you think your Memorial Day cookout cost more than years past. No matter where you’re shopping or what you’re buying, everything seems to be a little bit more expensive this year. “It’s more expensive nowadays,” Adam Shipley said. For...
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...
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.
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...
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.
Thousands travel for Memorial Day
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Memorial Day holiday has arrived and as the three day weekend wraps up, it’s a good idea to see the best ways to get back home. According to gasbuddy.com, Louisiana’s gas price average sits 50 cents below the national average. The state’s $3.10 per gallon is the sixth lowest average amongst states nationwide, making the road trip back home worth the investment.
Man accused of rape attempt on Lafitte Greenway arrested, records show
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man accused of sexually assaulting two women who were walking or jogging along the Lafitte Greenway last week has been arrested, Orleans Parish court records show. Joseph C. Davis, 38, was booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail Sunday (May 26) at 2:20 a.m., after...
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