NEW ORLEANS - With a plethora of holiday activities lined up, New Orleans is once again poised to welcome the influx of visitors it has come to expect during this festive season. The city has become increasingly popular as a…
NEW ORLEANS - Home Bank is pleased to welcome Adam Smith as vice president/senior commercial relationship manager serving the Northshore market. Dodd brings over 18 years of banking expertise to his new role at Home Bank. Previously, he was vice…
NEW ORLEANS – This city has always had a thing for boats. Walk down an old French Quarter street and you might step on old granite blocks that once served as ballast on ships coming from Europe. Many of our…
NEW YORK (AP) - Many of us feel bad about our debt. Most of us probably shouldn’t. Three-quarters of U.S. households owe money, but the vast majority pay their bills on time and have debt loads that are reasonable given…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused Argentina and Brazil of hurting American farmers through currency manipulation and said he’ll slap tariffs on their steel and aluminum imports to retaliate. Trump also called on America’s central bank to…
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana health clinic that closed when Medicaid was expanded is reopening. Local news outlets report that Lafayette Community Health Care Clinic used to provide free treatment to people without insurance. It closed after the 2016…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana state parks system is ending a requirement that guests must stay at least three nights during weekday bookings at its campgrounds and cabins. The minimum weekday stay ends Dec. 9 across the 21 parks.…
MUHLENBERG, Pa. (AP) — The announcer steps to the microphone in Muhlenberg College’s Memorial Hall and introduces a performer who already is among the most celebrated and influential of his genre. “Let’s have a big hand now for Louis ‘Satchmo’…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The cyberattack on Louisiana’s state government computer servers disrupted agency operations and made going to the Office of Motor Vehicles even more headache-inducing than usual. But it was nowhere near the worst-case scenario, of widespread…
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Retail sales in a south Louisiana parish are on track to rival the area’s record for highest annual sales. The Daily Advertiser reports that through September, retail sales across Lafayette Parish have reached $4.68 billion this…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Those pesky red light cameras aren't going away any time soon in Baton Rouge. WAFB-TV reports the East Baton Rouge Parish Metro Council has voted to extend the program’s contract until 2023. Tuesday’s vote comes after…
NEW ORLEANS - Anyone in the city who rents a property on Airbnb, VRBO or other short-term rental platforms can expect big changes starting Dec. 1 as a result of laws passed by the New Orleans City Council in August.…
METAIRIE – MBT Bancshares, Inc. (OTC: MBKL), the holding company of Metairie Bank & Trust, Co., announced today that its Board of Directors at their meeting on Nov. 26, declared a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.50 per share on the…
NEW ORLEANS – Magnolia Community Services – a local nonprofit dedicated to providing support to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities – recognized Ochsner Health System physician Sara Ehrensing Fernandez, MD as its 2019 Gala Honoree. Dr. Fernandez was honored…
NEW ORLEANS — The college information website Intelligent.com has selected Delgado Community College as one of the best Associate in Business Administration degree programs nationwide. Making the announcement, Intelligent.com Communications Director Erica Fagien said: “Our research found your degree program…
NEW ORLEANS — Nov. 7 was an exciting day at Café Reconcile. It was the last day of the 12-week, college-level course called “Bridge to College: College and Career Readiness” held at Café Reconcile. This class was made possible through…
NEW ORLEANS - Local shops, restaurants and markets will welcome holiday shoppers for Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30. The program was created by StayLocal, the New Orleans Independent Business Alliance and an initiative of the Urban Conservancy. There will be…
NEW ORLEANS – Chaffe McCall welcomes Ben Slater, III to its Civil Litigation practice in New Orleans. Ben joins the firm as a Partner with a practice focusing on railroad and transportation law, energy, restaurant, and consumer products law. He is…
Canal Place is preparing for the holiday season by offering extended hours, complimentary family entertainment and in-store specials from Canal Place’s designer boutiques from Nov. 29 through Dec. 24. On the Friday after Thanksgiving, there will be live music, complimentary…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined slightly for a fourth consecutive month, but it remains elevated with the holiday shopping season ramping up. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index ticked down to 125.5 in November…
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Tuesday as investors kept a close watch on the latest developments coming out of U.S.-China negotiations. The cautious stance by investors follows a record-setting day for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes dipped slightly in October compared with September but remain well above levels of a year ago, with lower mortgage rates helping spur a rebound in purchases. The annual rate of single-family new-home sales…
NATCHEZ, Miss. (AP) — One of New Orleans’ largest hotel groups has announced its purchase of a historic mansion in a Mississippi city. The Natchez Democrat reports the J Collection said in a statement Monday that it had acquired the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Eight regional locations for Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles have reopened after a cyberattack crippled agency operations last week. Other branch locations will resume operations after technical staff ensures the computer systems are functioning properly. The…
AVONDALE (LA) - NOLA Motorsports has promoted six-year veteran employee Dennis Lomonaco to the role of general manager. The road race track across the river from downtown New Orleans said it also has spent more than $175,000 on improvements to…
NEW ORLEANS – The Saenger Theatre said it is reopening its doors following a temporary closure due to the Hard Rock Hotel collapse. The Theatre will welcome back patrons on Wednesday, Dec. 11 with "Criss Angel RAW – The Mindfreak…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new approach to food and drink and retail concessions at New Orleans' new airport terminal is a game changer from the old facility. Soon, the airport will also change up some of the rules that…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — More than 46,000 people lost their Medicaid coverage this month, because they didn’t respond to letters warning they didn’t appear eligible for the government-financed insurance. The removals came as the state health department resumed a…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating allegations that the immigration arrest of a construction worker hurt in the collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site in New Orleans was retaliation for his reports…
NEW ORLEANS - It will be months before the site of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel has been stabilized and cleared of debris, so life near Canal and N. Rampart streets is not nearly back to normal. There are…
