College Football Championship to bring large weekend crowds and traffic restrictions.
January 12, 2020
The Louisiana State University vs. Clemson University College Football National Championship is expected to bring large weekend crowds until the game on Monday, Jan. 10, at the Mercedes Benz SuperDome.To prepare for the “extremely heavy pedestrian and vehicle traffic,” the New Orleans Police De...
Man found shot and dead a block from Bruno’s
January 10, 2020
Police are investigating a homicide that happened early this morning near Bruno's Tavern.According to an NOPD press release, Tulane police officers heard gunshots around 1:50 a.m on Jan. 10, in the area of Burthe and Hillary Streets. Officers found one adult man who had been shot in a car. He was pr...
King cake raffle supports immigrants and asylum seekers
January 8, 2020
With the start of a new decade comes a new set of goals, and some people might not even know where to begin. The New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice, however, is giving power to the people. “I feel like, for me, 2020 is going to be a year of action for all of us,” said Meena Haque, de...
Mother and child hope for life-saving medication
January 4, 2020
A "miracle drug," has the potential to create a better life for Andrea James' 17-month old son. However, the Louisiana Department of Health refuses to pay for it.Axel Dennis was born a normal, healthy baby until a few weeks after the fact. Dennis' doctors diagnosed him with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type...
Usher, Tim Tebow and college football players volunteer in New Orleans East
December 31, 2019
Ahead of New Year's and Sugar Bowl celebrations, a select number of college football players spent their off time to give back to New Orleans. The 2019 Allstate Goodworks Team visited Einstein Charter school to help finish up renovations to their gym, tennis courts, garden and weight room. Grammy...
River Parishes celebrate Christmas with bonfires
December 25, 2019
Louisiana residents wake up to presents from Papa Noel on Christmas morning, and it's all thanks to St. James and St. John the Baptist Parishes. St. Nick and his flying reindeer found their way to the Pelican State thanks to hundred of bonfires lighting the way. Nearly 200 bonfires went up in flames...
RTA ramps up accessibility
December 10, 2019
Mitchell Miraglia grew up in New Orleans, but there is much of his hometown that he has never explored on his own because he is in a wheelchair and can’t ride the St. Charles streetcar. But thanks to a lawsuit he filed in 2016, six stations on the line are currently undergoing construction to be...
Entergy New Orleans hit with million dollar fine
Julia Porcari
December 9, 2019
Neighborhoods across New Orleans have been plagued since early 2014 with sudden and unexpected power outages. In many cases, families and whole communities were left quite literally in the dark, as the power outages could last for minutes or days, depending on where you were located in the city.The members o...
Loyola honors Jesuit martyrs from El Salvador
December 8, 2019
Last month, the Jesuit community of Loyola University New Orleans commemorated the 30th anniversary of the murders of six Jesuit priests and two civilians in El Salvador. On Nov. 16, 1989, Salvadoran Army soldiers killed Father Ignacio Ellacuría, Father Amando López, Father Ignacio Martín Baró,...
Family holds vigil for Hard Rock collapse victim
Lily Cummings
December 7, 2019
The family of one of the Hard Rock Hotel collapse victims gathered today to mourn and ask for answers. Quinnyon Wimberly was a beloved family member, dad and fiance. His body still remains in the Hard Rock Hotel. The family began to wait and pray the morning of Oct. 12, 2019 when they received...
Nearly 100 year old water main breaks near Yulman Stadium
December 6, 2019
Emily Ramier didn't expect to find her Jeep Wrangler half submerged in water this morning. Instead of preparing for exams, the Tulane grad student now worries about whether her vehicle can run or not. The gushing waters engulfed parts of Uptown after a water main broke near South Johnson and Calhou...
Loyola graduate to become the head of the Jesuits in the South and Central regions of the U.S.
December 5, 2019
On Nov. 6 one of Loyola’s own, the Rev. Thomas P. Greene, S.J., was named provincial superior for the Central and Southern regions of the United States. Greene was chosen from a terna, a list of names of potential candidates, by a group of 12 Jesuits, to be considered by the Rev. Arturo Sosa, SJ,...
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