NEW ORLEANS — Almost 20 years after Hurricane Katrina hit the city, a drive through New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward takes you past boarded homes, empty, overgrown lots and block after block where there ...

Not far from the festivities in New Orleans, the Ninth Ward sits nearly silent. One of the hardest-hit neighborhoods, it was severely flooded... Demolition Looms for Ninth Ward of New Orleans MELISSA ...

In two 9th Ward schools, Abramson and Douglass, students lean on discipline, music, and one another as they prepare for New Orleans Carnival — and for life beyond the parade route.

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LINES COULD SERVE RIDERS IN THAT COMMUNITY. AN OLD SCHOOL IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD COULD SOON SERVE AS THE NEW TRAINING ACADEMY FOR THE NOPD, AS WELL AS THE NOFD AND EMS. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR HIGH ...

TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER WARM UP TREND FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER COOLDOWN COMING OUR WAY. ALL RIGHT. NEW AT FIVE. NEW ORLEANS POLICE INVESTIGATING A DOUBLE SHOOTING ON JORDAN STREET. OFFICERS SAY IT HAPPENED ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Port of New Orleans and Sunrise Foods are trying to convince a neighborhood that a grain facility at the Alabo Street Wharf will not be disruptive or dangerous, but some ...

One man died and another man was injured in a double shooting Tuesday evening in the Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans police said. A man who suffered gunshot wounds to the head and stomach was found inside ...

The charm of the Crescent City and the region is defined in part by its antique architecture, yet splendid examples of historic buildings are regularly lost. A goal of the 75-year-old Louisiana ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating a fatal shooting that occurred in the Lower Ninth Ward on Saturday, Dec. 13. According to the NOPD, around 5:28 p.m. a woman was ...