When the yellow fever hit New Orleans in 1867, the German priest Rev. Peter Leonard Thevis prayed for intercession of St. Roch, considered the patron saint of good health, to protect his parishioners.

WHOEVER SHOT AND KILLED A MAN IN THE SAINT ROCH NEIGHBORHOOD AS POLICE INVESTIGATE. NEIGHBORS? THEY’RE STILL SHAKEN UP ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED. WDSU REPORTER BRITTANY VERNER WENT BACK TO THE SCENE TO TRY ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The New Orleans Police Department is investigating two separate shootings near the St. Roch neighborhood that killed a man and juvenile on Thursday morning. According to the NOPD, ...

Where I’m walking: St. Roch Cemetery No. 1, 1725 St. Roch Ave. The 1873 cemetery is in Faubourg St. Roch, called “New Marigny” on the National Register of Historic Places. The rough boundaries of the ...