The promise from authorities for more security threatened to conflict with the city’s anything-goes sensibilities, and some ...

After years of legal battles, construction of a controversial 89-bed mental health wing at the Orleans Parish jail, with the ...

More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes into full swing in New Orleans ...

The settlement with the school board was brokered last fall by the New Orleans City Council and Cantrell’s own top deputy, ...

Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

One person was wounded in a shooting on Bourbon Street Saturday night after a gun was accidentally discharged on the busy strip, according to the New Orleans Police Department. Po ...

With Mardi Gras celebrations under way, the city of New Orleans is ramping up security measures in response to the heightened ...

New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick ... Kirkpatrick said that 600 of the police department's 900 officers working 12-hour shifts have been assigned to patrol the Mardi Gras parades.

Have a great time, but at 11:30, you’re out of here.” However, Kirkpatrick said her decision to let parades roll Tuesday ...

The Louisiana State Police is asking for the public's help in locating an 80-year-old man who was reported missing on ...

More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes into full swing in New Orleans this weekend.

The rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and armored vehicles seen during the Super Bowl will be back in the French Quarter on ...