John Pope

The airport was built on 300 acres reclaimed from Lake Pontchartrain and opened in 1934. It's filled with the sleek, streamlined art that flourished in the 1930s.

Eric Paulsen, a WWL-TV reporter and anchor who was the mainstay of the top-rated morning newscast for most of his 47 years at the CBS affiliate, has died at 74.

Schoen's has loomed over Canal Street in Mid-City since the late 1800s. Much has changed.

Riggio, who died Aug. 27, launched Project Home Again, which helped New Orleans families obtain homes after Hurricane Katrina. A celebration of his life will be held in New York.

Dr. Nia Terezakis, a New Orleans dermatologist who was a mentor to two generations of women physicians who specialize in treating skin conditions, died Thursday of cancer at Lambeth House, her stepdaughter, Karen Gundlach, said. She was 90.

Marigold “Margot” McNeely, who warned British cities of German air attacks during World War II, died Sept. 12 in her Covington home. She was 98.

While the expressway would have alleviated French Quarter traffic, it also would have cut off pedestrian access to the river from Jackson Square.

The life of Sybil Haydel Morial, an activist and university administrator who was the wife of one New Orleans mayor and the mother of another, will be celebrated in a

"Sybil Haydel Morial is a giant in New Orleans history, and I know the entire city mourns her passing," former Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in a statement Wednesday. "Few women have played such an outsized role in the recent history of New Orleans."

He enjoyed a 43-year career in the food-service industry in New Orleans.

Edward Douglas Johnson Jr., a founder of a New Orleans-based investment banking firm who enjoyed spending his workdays in the middle of the nonstop buzz of the trading desk, died Wednesday at Ochsner Medical Center. He was 81.

For nearly 270 years, Charity Hospital played a dominant role in New Orleans' health-care system. It provided free care to poor people and was a matchless training facility, with an

Vernon Shorty, who for more than three decades ran a center in the Desire public housing complex that treated hundreds of people suffering from a range of addiction-related problems, died Tuesday at Tulane Medical Center of complications from a stroke. He was 69.

Social worker Shannon Coyne poses for a portrait with her 11-month-old son in Philadelphia. Coyne and her husband decided against circumcision for their son. The nation's most influential pediatricians group

Did you know that Catholic nuns and priests once rode streetcars free? Here's everything you need to know about this New Orleans institution.

The paintings, which Lawrence completed in 1938 at the age of 21, have not been seen publicly since 2010.

Vincent Catalanotto Sr., a restaurateur whose effusive personality won as much praise as his lasagna and cannelloni, died Tuesday of lung cancer at Ochsner Health Center-Kenner, said his son, Vincent

Laurance “Larry” Eustis III, whose lifelong fascination with politics and vast network made him an asset to many campaigns, died Monday at his New Orleans home. He was 82.

Dr. Fortuné A. Dugan, a cardiologist who performed more than 14,000 cardiac catheterizations during a 41-year career at East Jefferson General Hospital, died March 13 at his Kenner home. He

Carol Gelderman, a University of New Orleans professor of English whose 10 books include biographies and a study of presidential speechwriting, died Friday. She was 89.