An entertainment development company is seeking to reopen and restore the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans into a more “family friendly” theme park called Legends City Adventure Park.
“We’re going to attempt to, if the city will allow us to,” said Danny Rogers, president and chief executive of the company, Southern Star Amusement, based in Baton [...]

After a North Sea storm killed well over 1,000 people in 1953 in the Netherlands, the Dutch decided never to allow another flood disaster to cause such devastation.
So after a hurricane killed more than 1,000 people in Louisiana in 2005, it was natural that local and state authorities would turn to the Dutch for advice.
“We [...]

A fashion show, banquet and dance performance highlighted the celebration at the First Street Peck Wesley United Methodist Church.

New Orleans residents can now pay tickets, fees and taxes and register for hurricane evacuation assistance using self-service kiosks at four local Winn-Dixie stores in a partnership between the grocery chain and the city of New Orleans.