Police arrested a man Monday who is allegedly responsible for looting lawn equipment in Lakeview. According to officer Garry Flot, police spotted Kevin Alvis, 50, driving a car in New Orleans East that matched a stolen vehicle in a crime from June 9 on Louis XIV St.

Bike Easy is always on the search for better ways to ride, and their updated incident map offers cyclists a crime map that NOPD does not yet provide. Recently extended to the Greater New Orleans Area, and equipped with user friendly search features, the map updates traffic incidents and bike thefts on a daily to weekly basis. 

Recently, State Sen. Elbert Guillory became the latest Louisiana pol to pull the party switch, making the Democratic state senator a Republican one. Now, weeks after that switch was announced, Guillory released a video on "Why I'm a Republican." 

A mysterious murder shook the Lower Garden District late last week. On Monday, police released a sketch of a suspect in the case. About 1 a.m. Friday, police responded to a call in the 2000 block of Pyrtania St. They found a 33-year-old man dead from a shot to the head, and the house ransacked.

New Orleans is staying vigilant with an active hurricane season predicted by the NOAA, but the latest Tropical Depression to brew near the Gulf of Mexico does not appear to pose a threat. Tropical Depression 2 is currently forming off of the coast of Belize, and an advisory was issued this morning at 11am EDT, 10am CST. 

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Atlanta sports talk radio hosts were suspended Monday after mocking Saints hero Steve Gleason and ALS. According to a post on TigerDroppings, hosts of 790 The Zone's Mayhem in the AM reportedly staged a call-in segment where a man pretended to be Gleason talking through his computerized voice. One of the hosts tried to apologize, but it wasn't enough.

While the locavore movement still may be, by-and-large, associated with “stuff white people like” in the eyes of the public, the people behind the movement – non-profit organizers, farmers and advocates – seem to focus more on how local food can help underserved communities and support the local economy. 

by Thomas Mattera 

The LSU Tigers baseball team played the underdog UCLA Bruins’ game Sunday night in Omaha and paid dearly for it. In suffering a 2-1 defeat , LSU (57-10) found itself in just the type of grinding pitchers’ duel that has become UCLA’s calling card this season.

This Monday, actors at Dillard are coming together for Project1Voice and performing A Soldier’s Play. Charmaine Neville and Jon Cleary are performing weekly gigs, and there’s a bluegrass party on St. Claude. On this day in 1868, the first town election was held in Lake Charles. Now, more ways to kick off your workweek. 

Between Plessy Day and the Juneteenth observance, Dillard University is offering another opportunity for New Orleanians to reflect on racial disparities and inequality. Dillard presents Charles Fuller’s A Soldier’s Play, which won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize. Tomorrow, June 17, the staged dramatic reading will take place in 27 theaters, 12 states, and 17 cities throughout the country simultaneously, as well as in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 

A man was murdered near the corner of Orleans Ave. and Broad St. in Treme early Sunday morning, according to NOPD. About 2:45 a.m., police found the "unidentified male" near the intersection of St. Ann and Dorgenois Sts., according to officer Frank Robertson III.

After successfully sinking Senator McCain’s foreign catfish campaign, Senator Mary Landrieu aims to leave another piece of federal seafood regulation swimming with the fishes. Landrieu and her Republican colleague, Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, introduced an act to keep management authority of the Gulf Coast’s red snapper within the region, rather than with the feds.

In a city where crime has become an expectation, and residents often take their second amendment rights very seriously, officials do not take gunshots—even fake ones—lightly. Monday, June 17, fake shots will ring out on a movie set in the Bywater, and the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy issued a warning to urge neighbors to keep their handguns in their holsters. 

This Sunday, enjoy fried food and Cajun music at the Zoo, a second line in Central City, books and food at the Ashe CAC, and more. On this day in 1932, Huey Long’s new state capitol was opened during the inauguration of Governor O.K. Allen. Now, more Father’s Day fun.

Father's Day is time for all men to shine. In Central City, it also means it's time for the Perfect Gentlemen to step out for their annual parade. On Sunday, the club heads out to the streets, wishing all a Happy Father's Day. Click through for the route:

One of the trickier things to ‘going local’ was not finding out where to get local goods – during the summer, there is a market almost every day of the week – but simply getting there.It’s no secret that getting around New Orleans can be challenging if you don’t have a car.