Carey Holliday, the family's attorney, credited Kennedy's office as being "instrumental" in securing Paola's release.

Louisiana's LDWF sets the fall inshore shrimp season to start on August 11 with conservation measures in place.

Roadwork begins on St. Ann Street in the French Quarter, closing the 700 block until mid-August for infrastructure upgrades.

The first of those ships arrived in New Orleans on July 29, 1785. Records show the 156 Acadians on Board Le Bon Papa settled ...