Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole ...

Prevost is from Chicago and is taking the name Pope Leo XIV. According to historians at the Historic New Orleans Collection, ...

"They moved to Chicago between 1910 and 1912, and like so many Louisiana families, they shifted their racial identity," a ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Melissa Araujo, the acclaimed chef and owner of Alma Cafe in New Orleans, was arrested this week on a ...

Louisiana is celebrating a historic moment with the selection of the first American pope, who has roots tracing back to New ...

Heavy downpours and gusty winds brought street flooding to parts of New Orleans on Wednesday morning, with more rain expected ...

Dangerous severe weather and potentially life-threatening flooding continues to threaten communities across the South from ...

The newly elected Pope has ties to Louisiana. According to FindAGrave records, his maternal grandmother, Louise Baquie ...

New Orleans received $388M in ARPA funds. Here's how the city spent it—and the opportunities critics say were missed.

A proposal making its way through the Louisiana Legislature would give the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans the ...

WELL, BLACK SMOKE BILLOWED FROM A CHIMNEY ATOP THE SISTINE CHAPEL, SIGNALING NO NEW POPE HAS BEEN CHOSEN. HERE IS A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM THE VATICAN, WHERE MORE THAN 130 CARDINALS WILL GATHER IN A ...

Some lawmakers in Baton Rouge are calling on the Louisiana Supreme Court to look into one judge in New Orleans. That person — ...