Only two were lifelong New Orleans residents, making it difficult for the group to find descendants. "We were not able, at this time, to connect them solidly to certain places, addresses," she said.

"It's a city that enjoys life," said Robert Florence, who, like many others taken by New Orleans, first went there to be playwright and author. He added: "It's a city that lives for the moment.

The audit examined how more than $216.3 million in taxpayer money was spent on homeless initiatives between January 2019 and June 2024 by the City of New Orleans and the nonprofit UNITY of Greater ...

New train companies like Brightline have launched in places like Florida, and after a decades-long hiatus, Amtrak will soon reconnect the route between Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Amtrak’s new route, the Mardi Gras Service, is launching in New Orleans this summer, bringing train travel back to the scenic Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly 20 years.

Bay Saint Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi and Pascagoula will also have same-day connections to Amtrak’s City of New Orleans trains between New Orleans and Chicago via Memphis. Amtrak Mardi Gras Service ...

The train service was a revival of a similar route that operated along the Gulf Coast during the 1984 World Fair. Amtrak hoped it would attract workers who commuted to New Orleans from Mississippi.

The city was formerly served by the Amtrak Sunset Limited route, which has terminated in New Orleans since 2005 and never returned to points east of that termination.

Former Clerk of Council Lora Johnson was fired last year after the New Orleans City Council determined that she had created a hostile environment -- including allegations of unwanted touching ...

Most of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street should be closed off to vehicles, creating a permanent pedestrian plaza, a report recommends, three months after a truck plowed into a New Year’s Day crowd ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The annual Crescent City Classic is racing back to New Orleans this Easter weekend. Organizers said runners and walkers alike will make their way to the city on Saturday ...