Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison. It was back in February that Nagin was convicted of bribery and fraud before and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Read more at http://tinyurl.com/la7kg53. Photo Credit: www.rolandmartinreports.com

Philadelphia School District’s Budget Deficit Filled! It’s good news for the Philadelphia School District but not good news for smokers. Legislation has passed, which will impose a sales tax on cigarettes to help fill the public school’s budget deficit. Without the money, they say schools won’t be fit to open in the fall. HURRICANE WARNING: Hurricane […]

Check out today’s recipe brought to you by the Food Network and our sister site MyHoustonMajic.com. Let’s learn how to make a yummy New Orleans…

  According to CNN 17 people are wounded after 2 or 3 gunman opened fire on a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans today. The FBI said that the shootings appeared to be “street violence” and weren’t linked to terrorism. Said Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas;  ”two or three people just, for a reason unknown to us, started shooting at, […]

San Francisco 49ers will face the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3 in New Orleans! Let the sibling rivalry begin. The coaches of both teams are brothers; Harbaugh brothers Jim and John! Picture Credit: www.magicbaltimore.com

With Hurricane Isaac making it’s way to New Orleans, La., — threatening to hit the city within hours of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina — many residents of the city are doing one of two things: Preparing to leave or preparing to stay. Here are photos of how people are readying themselves to deal with […]

Six years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans and its surrounding communities, former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin says he regrets not calling a mandatory evacuation sooner in a candid sit-down interview with BET.com. According to Nagin, his outspokenness made him an easy target and a scapegoat in many situations. “I was […]

NEW ORLEANS – A Barack Obama impersonator was shown off the stage at the Republican Leadership Conference after his jokes hit a little too close to home. Reggie Brown’s rendition of President Obama started out as a hit before he began to turn his jokes onto some potential Republican candidates for the upcoming presidential elections. […]

Today Mardi Gras  carnivals are major events. Thousands of people participate and millions more watch it on TV. In New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro, they are major tourist attractions.

NEW ORLEANS — Data reported by the Census Bureau on Thursday shows that the city of New Orleans is 29 percent smaller than it was a decade ago.