Ice Bucket Challenge is helping raise more awareness for ALS
The ice bucket challenge is all over social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Thousands have taken the the challenge to help fight Amyotophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou...
View ArticleNOPD Chief Ronal Serpas announces arrests in Burgundy Street shootings
New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas announces the arrest of two men suspected in the Sunday night shooting on Burgundy Street which left two people dead and five wounded,...
View ArticleNOPD Chief Ronal Serpas on officer-involved shooting
New Orleans Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas answers reporters questions about why an officer-involved shooting that occurred early Monday morning was not mentioned at two subsequent press conferences.
View ArticleDHH Sec. Kliebert takes ice bucket challenge for ALS
Department of Health and Hospitals Sec. Kathy Kliebert takes the ice bucket challenge on Thursday, Aug. 14, to raise awareness for ALS.
View ArticleLouisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Secretary Mike Strain talks...
Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Secretary Mike Strain says the new EPA and Army Corps of Engineers "Waters of the U.S." wetland rule will disrupt the state's agriculture industry....
View ArticleU.S. Sen. David Vitter opposes new EPA, Corps wetlands rule
U.S. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., discusses his opposition to the proposed EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, "Waters of the U.S." wetlands rule, after a Senate Environment & Public Works Committee field...
View ArticleGregory McRae re-sentenced in Henry Glover case
Rebecca Glover, aunt of Henry Glover, talks to reporters outside Federal Court in New Orleans after the re-sentencing for Gregory McRae. McRae is the NOPD officer who burned Henry Glover's body in 2005...
View ArticleMaya Dive Adventure offers unique opportunity for divers
The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas is now inviting divers and snorkelers an opportunity to dip into its 132,000 gallon exhibit.
View ArticleDive in the Aquarium of the Americas with photographer Chris Granger
Staff photographer Chris Granger takes readers on an underwater view of the new Great Maya Reef.
View Article377th Theater Sustainment Command changes leadership
In a ceremony Saturday (Aug. 16, 2014) at the Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base in Belle Chasse, Maj. Gen. Leslie Carroll replaced Maj. Gen. Peter Lennon at the helm of the 377th Theater Sustainment...
View Article610 Stompers audition Saturday
A group of men rehearse a dance routine as the 610 Stompers held its 2014 auditions at The Maison in New Orleans Saturday, August 16, 2014.
View ArticleSaints fans get washed out of today's training camp practice
Hundreds of Saints fans came out to the teams' practice that was open to the public at training facility in Metairie. Unfortunately for fans early morning rain moved the practice inside sending fans...
View ArticleCliff and Nell Turner on St. John School Recovery
Cliff and Nell Turner of LaPlace, parents of an East St. John High School student, talk about the slow pace in getting two schools damaged by Hurricane Isaac repaired and opened in St. John the Baptist...
View ArticleNOLA.com's Manuel Torres takes the "Ice Bucket Challenge"
After Fox8's Lee Zurik got dunked on live TV Monday, he issued the "Ice Bucket Challenge" to his "Louisiana Purchased" colleague, Manuel Torres at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Watch Torres get soaked...
View ArticleMichelle Gonzales
Michelle Gonzales, the Jefferson Parish director of floodplain management and hazard mitigation, explains why sea level rise has been added to the parish's list of hazards in the parish's mitigation...
View ArticleHigher education leaders take Ice Bucket Challenge
The heads of Louisiana's four systems of higher education took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and extended challenges to the heads of their campuses following a meeting in Baton Rouge on Tuesday.
View ArticleGernon Brown Recreation Center re-opens in Lakeview
After being shuttered since Hurricane Katrina the Gernon Brown Recreation Center in Lakeview re-opened its' doors for local residents. The building has undergone $2 million in renovations and will...
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