Gov. Jeff Landry's moves are likely to raise fresh concerns over the erosion of reforms after Hurricane Katrina. His ...

All eyes are on New Orleans' infrastructure as another hurricane season begins — especially the power grid, drains and levees. Why it matters: Leaders say storm-related power outages will be the ...

A new plaque on the levee in the Lower Ninth Ward honors the history of the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans. The marker is funded through a city grant awarded to the nonprofit lowernine.org.

A mandatory evacuation is in place for some parts of New Orleans - those outside the levees - while the rest of the city has been issued with a voluntary evacuation order. The levees are a system ...

Two vehicles rammed into an East Bank Levee Police Department patrol car following reports of suspicious activity in the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 19. The New Orleans Police ...

NEW ORLEANS ( WGNO) — A man who has been convicted of three separate sex abuse crimes has been sentenced. Orleans Parish ...

Payton arrived in 2006, six months after Katrina breached the levees system and flooded ... worked it out so he would return with his new team to New Orleans this Thursday night.

Gov. Jeff Landry has begun asserting control over a key New Orleans area levee authority by naming a new leader and the state attorney general has opened an investigation into the body for ...