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New Orleans lifts their COVID-19 vaccine mandate for bars and restaurants.
2022-03-21

Louisiana reports their first case of the UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the Greater New Orleans area.
2021-01-16

The New Orleans City Council removes the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans. This action is the second of four planned removals of Confederate monuments in the city.
2017-05-11

Multiple tornadoes tear through New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and other parts of southeastern Louisiana, injuring at least 20 people; no deaths have been reported. The severe weather also delivers heavy rain and hail in Mississippi and Alabama.
2017-02-7

One person is killed, and nine others wounded in a mass shooting in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, following the Bayou Classic football game. Police arrest two men, one of whom was injured during the shooting.
2016-11-27

Sixteen (16) people are wounded in a gunfight between two groups that erupted in a New Orleans park's Bunny Friend playground where hundreds of people gathered for a block party and filming of a music video. No fatalities were reported. The fighters ran from the park immediately after the shooting.
2015-11-22

The Los Angeles Police Department issues a warrant for the arrest of American Robert Durst regarding the murder of writer and confidant Susan Berman following the airing of a six-part documentary by HBO called "The Jinx". He is later taken into custody in the city of New Orleans.
2015-03-14

Former Mayor of the American city of New Orleans, Louisiana Ray Nagin (D) is sentenced to ten years in prison for corruption, money laundering and other related offences.
2014-07-9

A shooting at Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. injures nine people.
2014-06-29

Four people are wounded after a shooting in Bourbon Street, New Orleans, United States, while it was crowded with party-goers and people setting up for Mardi Gras parades.
2013-02-9