Matassa‘s Market has sold everyday staples for generations. In more recent years, the family-run French Quarter grocery has also served as a reminder of the past. Now the market is closing its doors ...

Lisa Matassa says it's alright to call her a country newcomer, even though she's been entertaining for over 20 years. The singer began her career with two dance hits before turning to the music she ...

Last week, Matassa’s Market closed its doors and put a question mark over the future of a nearly century-old fixture of French Quarter neighborhood life. Now, work is underway to bring the small ...

GONZALES — Former Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa pocketed more than $190,230 in gross salary during his last year in office, parish payroll records show, far surpassing what he and his ...

GONZALES — Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa has a new trial date in his election bribery case after some uncertainty about whether it would be tried before a local judge. Judge Thomas Kliebert ...

ASCENSION PARISH, LA (WAFB) - A parish president who came under fire after being indicted on election bribery charges is talking openly for the first time about the case and the impact it has had on ...

NEW ORLEANS—We all feel remorse when a beloved business closes in the city of New Orleans. For close to a century, Matassa’s Market has been a fixture in the back of the French Quarter at the corner ...

Cosimo Matassa, 88, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member who recorded New Orleans rock and rhythm and blues from the 1950s to the 1970s, died Thursday in New Orleans, said his granddaughter Mia Matassa ...

Cosimo Matassa in front of the family's grocery shop in New Orleans Credit: Photo: ALAMY COSIMO MATASSA, the studio owner and recording engineer, who has died aged 88, was critical in forging the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A suburban man known as "Pudgy" in Outfit circles tried to get fat off the government, according to charges he will be arraigned on this week in federal court. John A. Matassa Jr., ...

Sadly, as word spreads fast in a tight-knit community such as New Orleans, Louis has confirmed that after 97 years, Matassa’s Market will be shutting its doors. In 2017, the historic neighborhood ...