Seventeen-year-old northshore skateboarder Cohen Ellzey is going to get to compete at the X Games down at the Caesars Superdome this weekend. No lie. He got the chance by winning a recent contest among Louisiana teenage skaters. Ellzey says he’s a little ... See more
New rules to crack down on Mardi Gras misbehavior are being proposed at the New Orleans City Council, with $1,000 criminal fines pitched for violating some route rules. Calling himself the “Mardi Gras Grinch,” Council member JP Morrell proposed a laundry ... See more
New rules to crack down on Mardi Gras misbehavior are being proposed at the New Orleans City Council, with $1,000 criminal fines pitched for violating ladder rules and new restrictions for parade participants. The city's official Mardi Gras ordinance alre... See more
Elizabeth Dixon was puttering in her front yard flower patch one Monday morning in early June when she witnessed an amazing spectacle. It was a duck like no duck she’d ever seen before — a rusty-brown colored bird with a black belly, pink feet and bright ... See more
New Orleans’ version of the Running of the Bulls is almost exactly like the one in Pamplona, Spain, except weirder. Thousands of fearless runners assemble in the streets on a July morning, wearing white garments, ornamented with red sashes and bandannas. ... See more
