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Mergers and acquisitions continue in the New Orleans real estate industry.

Jeff Landry will be Louisiana's next Governor, winning the October 14th election with 51 percent of the vote and evading a runoff. A result many didn't expect.

Forty years ago this week, Pontchartrain Beach, the lakefront amusement park that had been a favorite of New Orleanians for generations, closed for its final season.

For now, NOPD is using overtime shifts to beef up patrols in the Quarter. Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Published: 6:17 PM CDT May 18, 2021 Updated: 7:05 PM CDT May 18, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police expect crime to increase over the summer months. This after a spring that saw more a dozen people shot on Bourbon Street and an overall uptick in violence in the French Quarter. Tuesday, City Communications Director Beau Tidwell annou...

Beau rides again: Floats in the Oaks tribute honors a former Rex & City Park leader The Rex kings float at City Parks special Carnival event features a tribute to Beau Bassich, King of Carnival 1989 and a longtime City Park leader. Author: Dominic Massa / WWL-TV Updated: 5:28 PM CST February 4, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — Beau Bassich’s daughter laughs when she admits that – other than his family - two of his biggest passions in life were City Park and Carnival. Tha...

City Park names new CEO City Park has named Cara Lambright as its next leader. Lambright takes over in February from longtime CEO Robert “Bob” Becker, who retired after leading the 167-year-old park for 20 years. She most recently served as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Memorial Park Conservancy in Houston. Lambright The announcement follows a national search for a new CEO by Ralph Andersen & Associates. “With this announcement, City Park is starting 2021 with a...