Act 399 makes it a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison to refuse a detainer request from the Immigration and ...

Inclusive Louisiana and The Descendants Project, two environmental nonprofits based in St. James and St. John the Baptist ...

City leaders recently dusted off an ordinance proposed over a decade ago to develop a program requiring large building owners ...

With a steady drumbeat, Jordan Bankston Noble helped the United States defeat the British during the Battle of New Orleans.

State and local officials are preparing for possible changes to federal disaster relief following President Donald Trump’s ...

Jemima Joél Brady was looking forward to attending Paul B. Habans Elementary School, the neighborhood school where her older ...

The Ashé Cultural Arts Center held a gathering at Congo Square and led a procession through Tremé Saturday morning (July 5) ...

Francis Ernest Dumas was a wealthy soldier who became the highest ranking Black combat officer during the Civil War.

Prosecutors fighting the release of death row inmate Jimmie Duncan after a judge found him “factually innocent” of raping and ...

Alexander Dimitry was a man of firsts. He was Louisiana’s first state superintendent of education, the first person of color ...

Alice Craft-Kerney had been working as a nurse at Charity Hospital for over 19 years when Hurricane Katrina hit and disrupted her career.