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Feral hogs are Louisiana's most troublesome new transplant
Walk around New Orleans long enough, and you’re bound to hear grizzled locals grumbling about unwelcome tourists and transplants. Travel outside of the city, and you’ll hear man Louisianians grumbling about a different type of transplant: feral hogs
Barstool influencer Brianna Chickenfry sounds off on New Orleans heat: 'This place is crazy'
New Orleans' intense summer heat and humidity is getting to everyone at this point in July, including viral internet stars. While in the Crescent City to support her boyfriend, country star Zach Bryan, well-known social media influencer Brianna LaPaglia took to TikTok to sound off about just how hot she was feeling while exploring around the city.
Wild hogs wreaking havoc on the highways in St. Charles Parish
ST. CHARLES PARISH, La. — Recent estimates indicate there are more wild hogs in Louisiana than the combined populations of New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette. In St. Charles Parish, the descendants of domesticated pigs are wreaking havoc on the highways. Tuesday, the SCSO released a statement saying, “Recently,...
Popular New Orleans food truck will temporarily close. There's still time to get a lobster roll.
A popular New Orleans food truck centered on Connecticut-style lobster rolls is temporarily closing. Joel's Lobster Rolls announced on Instagram Tuesday that it would close for about a year as its owner, Joel Griffin, embarks on a new business opportunity. "We know this is sad news to hear but we...
Once a major recording studio, downtown New Orleans spot to become bar with late night food
The downtown building at 748 Camp St. has an alluring look within, and a significant role in New Orleans music history, though it has more recently sat dormant. That will soon change. Junebug is a new bar now taking shape here, based around cocktails and a kitchen promising to help...
Chicken Salad Chick is expanding to New Orleans, will open several restaurants soon
Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-food chain known for its extensive menu of sandwiches and soups, is opening four locations in New Orleans. The Alabama-based restaurant, which touts itself as being the only fast and casual chicken salad chain in the country, is slated to open its first New Orleans location in 2025, the company said in a press release Tuesday morning.
Letters: Opossum tale getting more and more absurd. Give Saffron back
In a truly absurd bureaucratic overreach, Saffron, an opossum, was seized from William Voiles on Feb. 10, while he and his pet pals were happily riding in Voiles’ bike basket during Mardi Gras. Tiny Saffron was rescued from clinging to its dead mother and raised by Voiles, but neither...
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