VENICE, La. – Three people were struck by lightning in Louisiana on Friday, while parts of New Orleans were flooded. Patrick Harvey, director of the Plaquemines Parish Office of Homeland ...

By Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito Richard Fausset grew up in New Orleans and reports on the ... pope’s maternal grandfather was born in Louisiana. But he said it was not uncommon for ...

Through his foundation, he also has contributed to a variety of other causes in New Orleans. This fall, he will send his first group of students to Louisiana colleges and universities on full-ride ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — To celebrate Mother’s Day, Louisiana Right To Life worked to ensure all mothers have what they need to provide for their babies. “Louisiana’s Right to Life loves moms ...

Louisiana loses nearly 40,000 jobs annually due to lawsuit abuse Excessive litigation drains $2.9B in personal income each year New Orleans area hardest hit, losing $1.6B and 22,000 jobs Report urges ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Friday afternoon, Crimestoppers honored the New Orleans firefighters for their response on the day of the Bourbon Street Terror Attack ...

But as the tech sector in New Orleans — and across Louisiana — has evolved over the past two decades, so too has its geography of offices, meeting spots and events. Once concentrated in New ...

“Prevost, that sounds very much like a Louisiana name,” said Jari Honora, who works at the Historic New Orleans Collection. Intrigued, Honora began combing through public databases and soon ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New Orleans, Louisiana, records show. ABC News has obtained several records ...

Turns out, he has a connection to Louisiana and New Orleans. Here's what to know. Honora heard the name "Prevost" and thought that Leo XIV could be of French Canadian or Acadian descent ...

“When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could be my brother,’” said Ricard, a New Orleans Catholic priest with a Creole background. “And that ...

Flood Watches remain in effect along the southeastern Louisiana coast, including New Orleans, and into the Gulf Coast of Mississippi and Alabama into Thursday. An additional rainfall of 1-3 inches ...