Essence leaders and New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno kicked off festival weekend with a press event highlighting new ...

Essence Fest has only ever been held outside of New Orleans once back in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina.

An Orleans Parish grand jury has indicted Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in connection with a probe into alleged ...

Travelers arriving in New Orleans for Essence Fest were welcomed by a DJ at the airport as the city prepares for big crowds ...

A 7-year-old girl is dead after possibly being injured during a domestic incident involving two adults, police said.

The court granted a motion to move the trial from October 19 to next year during a telephone conference on July 1, records ...

Five teenagers have been arrested in a home invasion in the Hammond area back in March. Natara Smith, Makyah Holmes and Gail ...

A former New Orleans Police Officer alleges the city and the department violated his constitutional rights in a lawsuit.

The FDA reclassified a major potato chip recall to the agency’s highest level due to a potential salmonella risk.

A lawsuit alleges St. Bernard Parish Hospital failed to notify a patient for more than a month after she was allegedly ...

Scattered storms are possible this afternoon with heat index values near 105 degrees heading into the Fourth of July holiday ...

Former Saints linebacker Keith Mitchell has passed away at the age of 51. Mitchell played for the Saints from 1997-2001 and ...