Carver girls track coach Darian Chestnut is just one of many eagerly waiting for construction to begin for the new stadium coming to the 9th Ward.

Officials with the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (SWBNO) say they were prepared for Saturday’s rain event; that is until one of their turbines failed.

Tulane University seeking participants for infant development study

Metairie travel agent gives travel tips for college football bowl games

Win cash and vacations at 'Wheel of Fortune LIVE' in New Orleans next week

New Orleans East underground wildfire extinguished, NOFD says

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's House For Sale

Two dead in separate Tangipahoa Parish crashes

Jefferson Parish deputies investigate fatal shooting in Marrero

Louisiana National Guard airmen honored at deployment ceremony in Belle Chasse

Coast Guard searching for fisherman who fell overboard near Port Fourchon

Heavy rain, power issues cause flooding across New Orleans

A grim statistic from the Metropolitan Crime Commission shows that a growing number of the city's homicide victims are people under the age of 18. The numbers show a 40 percent jump in youth homicides from last year.