Clean your catch basins, New Orleans city officials are urging as Tropical Storm Harvey spins toward the Texas coast, with the potential of bringing significant rainfall to Southeast Louisiana this ...

The city's Public Works department is beginning an effort to clean and repair about 15,000 catch basins, about one-quarter of the citywide total. City officials announced the plan last week, as well ...

AFFECTING YOU. BUT FIRST, WE’RE GOING TO BEGIN RIGHT NOW WITH A STORY FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES $10 MILLION. BASICALLY UNO. TOUCHED MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO CLEAN STORM DRAINS AND CATCH BASINS.

NEW FROM WDSU INVESTIGATES ONLY 500 CATCH BASINS HAVE BEEN CLEANED OUT IN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THIS YEAR. THERE ARE MORE THAN 70,000 ACROSS NEW ORLEANS. IT COMES DESPITE $10 MILLION EARMARKED BY ...