Nearly a decade after its reopening, MLK High sits empty once again—but community voices grow louder, demanding answers and a ...

In December, the Orleans Parish School Board voted to shut down King’s high school, citing its low enrollment and test scores ...

Al Gore, Mia X mark Hurricane Katrina 20th anniversary in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward; speeches gave way to a street festival ...

Burnell Cotlon, owner of Burnell's Lower 9th Ward Market, continues to serve his community at the intersection of Caffin and ...

On Friday, the city hosted a series of events, including a march and second line starting at the site of the levee breach in the Lower Ninth Ward.

Teens born after the storm confront its legacy, turning memory and imagination into a moving commemoration of survival on a ...

Katrina remains the costliest storm on record and recovery has come in fits and starts. In New Orleans, entire neighborhoods ...

The Lower Ninth Ward was one of the hardest hit during Hurricane Katrina, when a barge broke the already failing wall of the Industrial Canal.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina crashed into the Gulf Coast, New Orleans is set to commemorate the anniversary Friday ...

Burkhardt, 74, has been in and out of prison on sex crimes violations six times since 1987, including pleading guilty to ...

As the city remembers the events of 20 years ago, memories are being preserved and history is being honored through art, ...