Jonah Gilmore

3 days ago | wdsu.com | Jonah Gilmore

Preparation is key for pretty much everyone when it comes to hurricane season, and while you are making evacuation plans for you and your family, Second Harvest Food Bank is doing a different type of planning. This hurricane season is expected to be above average, and now, 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, Second Harvest and volunteers are preparing to jump into action if or when disaster strikes. Twenty years ago, Terrance Winley, like many of us, was stranded in a flooded city. "I've lived it.

4 days ago | wdsu.com | Jonah Gilmore

A nationwide trend is taking center stage in New Orleans as the New Orleans Job Corps Center is preparing to close. The closure is due to the Department of Labor pausing funding to the program, impacting both students and staff. Students of the program located on Airline Highway said that, after receiving the news of the closure, they are left in limbo. "I had finally felt like I had a plan for success. I knew exactly what I was going to do, where I was going to go.

1 week ago | wdsu.com | Jonah Gilmore

The owners of two popular bars in New Orleans are preparing to close their doors this weekend. Tracey's and BABs join a list of other popular eateries across the city that have ended business this month. "It was very difficult. This was our second restaurant. It was a great run. We're leaving with our heads held high," said owner of BABs Larry Miller. Miller and his wife Nina Compton made the tough decision to close BABs in the Bywater after seven years.

2 weeks ago | wdsu.com | Jonah Gilmore

Exclusive video obtained by WDSU shows Corey Boyd being arrested inside the Bienville Basin apartment complex Tuesday night. In the video, dogs are seen snapping at the 19-year-old escaped inmate as deputies command him to get on the ground. Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams watched the video and said, it's clear Boyd had help. "The idea that they're bringing this hell, this fresh hell to your home, to your doorstep, means they don't care.

3 weeks ago | wdsu.com | Jonah Gilmore

The cost of living in New Orleans is relatively affordable compared to other major U.S. cities, but still, some people in the Crescent City find it hard to get by. As home prices, food, goods and services continue to soar, wages and the pay scale remain stagnant, forcing many people to live paycheck to paycheck. Kirk Bergeron is a retired engineer on a fixed income at a time when expenses for just about everything are high.