New Orleans lawmakers are in the midst of considering whether to break with its Confederate past by removing longstanding monuments
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is poised to make a sweeping break with its Confederate past as city leaders decide whether to remove prominent monuments from some of its busiest streets. With support from Mayor Mitch Landrieu, a majority on the City Council appears ready to take down four monuments, including a towering statue […]
Perhaps one of the biggest games in black college football is the 42nd annual Bayou Classic, where the Grambling State University Tigers and the Southern University Jaguars meet in New Orleans Thanksgiving weekend. Reggie Flood, the spokesperson for the historic game, talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the four days event featuring a parade, […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The latest on the shootout at a playground in New Orleans’ 9th Ward (all times local): 11:10 a.m. New Orleans police say investigators are still trying to learn who pulled out guns and why they started shooting in a playground crowded with hundreds of people. Spokesman Frank Robertson said Monday […]
Marrero pastor arrested for rape of juvenile: Sherman Smith, 56, was booked with aggravated … https://t.co/P6NKvHpydQ #nola #neworleans — NOLARealEstateAgents (@NOLARealEstateA) November 12, 2015 A…
Ever wonder how the adults in the Peanuts world get their clever “wah wah” voice? Insert world-renowned jazz musician Troy Andrews aka Trombone Shorty. The New Orleans native plays the voice of the schoolteacher and other adults in The Peanuts Movie. “I knew what the sound was as a kid. I practiced it at home but that was […]
August Alsina has been hiding from the music forefront for a while now, but we’re glad he’s on his way to releasing new music. The…
We all know that New Orleans has reputation for being the party paradise of USA, but Jasmine Sanders has these 10 little known facts about New Orleans that definitely help make it a favorite American travel destination. Click on the audio player to hear these interesting facts on “The D.L. Hughley Show!” Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]
Lil Wayne put on for his city in the hugest way possible with a music megafest on the 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and he…
Phyllis Montana LeBlanc talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the anniversary “I need Mayor Landrieu to stop telling the lies. We’re not back, that ain’t true. We’re back 50 percent. When you go into the lower ninth ward, which I did yesterday, it looks like Katrina just happened yesterday. Now we’re dealing with […]
It was so different back then. No Twitter, no Facebook, there weren’t even any smart phones. So when news of the storm hit while we were taping our TV show in Los Angeles, we found out the old-fashioned way…on the news. We loved New Orleans, and all the cities on the Gulf Coast. Since the […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Visiting residents on tidy porch stoops and sampling the fried chicken at a corner restaurant, President Barack Obama held out the people of New Orleans on Thursday as an extraordinary example of renewal and resilience 10 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. “There’s something in you guys that is just […]
