Revised Copeland memorial for Lafreniere Park unveiled

The new proposal includes a performance stage and a statue of the late restaurant magnate as part of a bricked plaza at the public park. The statue still features Copeland holding a box of the iconic fast food chicken that helped build his empire, but the entire project offers much more than the original statue-centric ...

Father son dead in suspected murder-suicide in River Ridge

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's office confirmed to WDSU that two people were found dead in a home in the 300 block of Celeste Avenue shortly after noon. The victims are a father and his teenage ...

New Orleans quirkiness gone overboard

New Orleans is a quirky place. The land of open container laws and drive through daiquiri shops. The home of festival after festival, like this weekends Greek Fest. The party just goes on and on and on. But sometimes the quirkiness isn’t a good thing. Like in the French Quarter where some neighbors are protesting the possibility of a new establishment in a long-abandoned building. A New ...

Louisiana to push ahead with paying private firms to teach kids

(Reuters) - Louisiana's schools chief vowed on Friday to push ahead with a plan to let students take classes from private firms and nonprofits at taxpayers' expense, despite a legal setback and objections from some ...

WDSU Second Harvest raise $55k for tornado relief

Over two nights, WDSU and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana raised nearly $55,000 in donations to benefit victims of the tornadoes in Oklahoma. The effort was called "Help For Oklahoma," and was initiated by WDSU President and General Manager Joel Vilmenay and President and CEO Natalie Jayroe of the Second Harvest Food ...