3 hrs ago | Times-Picayune
Corps of Engineers to stormproof more pump stations in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans
Five more pump stations in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish will be "storm proofed" at a cost of about $23 million in hopes that strengthening them and better protecting critical equipment will keep the structures running during hurricanes.
6 hrs ago | The Dispatch
Back to a Summer Idyll, With New Anxieties
At the Zion Travelers day camp here on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the morning begins with clap-and-stomp chants, two dozen children in an air-conditioned white trailer, shouting and shimmying and stamping their feet.
6 hrs ago | NOLA,com
New Orleans police nab suspect in 7th Ward shooting that left 1 dead, 2 wounded
New Orleans homicide detectives have arrested the man they believe fired the bullets that killed 25-year-old Randy Nathan and wounded the victim's father and brother in the 7th Ward on Thursday.
10 hrs ago | WLOX
Commercial fishing reopens in SE La.
Louisiana officials have reopened to commercial fishing a portion of state waters that had been closed because of the BP oil spill.
14 hrs ago | Times-Picayune
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad is quite the gravy train for agency officials: An editorial
Investigators with the state legislative auditor's office have been spending lots of time reviewing records at the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad this summer, and the agency's lavish spending -- on meals, entertainment, salaries and overtime -- certainly merits their scrutiny.
18 hrs ago | NOLA,com
Greg Meffert trial delayed in case involving New Orleans technology contracts
A federal judge Thursday agreed to postpone the trial of former New Orleans technology chief Greg Meffert and former city vendor Mark St.
New Orleans city budget update has good news and bad news
The bad news: As of June 30, New Orleans city departments were on track to overspend their 2010 budgets by $14.1 million.
Wheelchair ramps for New Orleans entertainment venues promoted by former mayoral candidate
Fomer mayoral candidate Jonah Bascle approaches a newly installed wheelchair ramp at the Lost Love Lounge in the Marigny Wednesday.
Wine lovers may have new options on Oak Street
Love wine? You may soon have yet another wine bar to visit on Oak Street in New Orleans.
2 New Orleans police officers indicted in 2005 Treme beating death
Two New Orleans police officers face federal charges in the July 2005 death of a Treme man who died from various injuries, including a ruptured spleen, after police dropped him off at Charity Hospital.
Court Date Set In Katrina Shooting Case
A Mississippi man is set to be arraigned on charges he fired a shotgun at three black men in what prosecutors call a racially motivated attack in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath.
First New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp opens this weekend
The first New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp opens on Sunday, Aug. 1 with dozens of campers from as far away as Finland.
Where to cool off in and around New Orleans this summer
I don't know about you, but my daily routine just doesn't provide enough hold-on-tight, scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs, can't-stop-laughing moments.
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad spending gets scrutiny
While City Hall has relied on federal loans and one-time revenue to stay afloat in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, records show that an obscure, century-old New Orleans agency that oversees 100 miles of railroad track and the Huey P. Long Bridge has been spending extravagantly on infrastructure improvements, salaries, meals, a fleet of vehicles ...
Gretna man booked with attempted murder in Central City shooting
A Gretna man accused of blinding a 38-year-old by shooting him in the head in Central City was recently booked with attempted murder.
New Orleans prosecutors' failure to turn over gun leads to mistrial in murder case
An Orleans Parish judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in a two-year-old murder case , finding that prosecutors had failed to let the defense team know they had the 9-mm handgun in evidence until the second day of the jury trial.
New Orleans police solve 2005 killing of former murder suspect
Reason, not emotion, needed on ban
The 11,000 citizens who filled the Lafayette Cajundome last week to rally against the Gulf drilling moratorium -- perhaps the biggest crowd for a political event there since when Edwin Edwards was running for governor -- served as a loudly supportive choir for Gov.
Husband arrested after bloody chase
A Slidell man allegedly chased his wife through their neighborhood in his truck, beat her so seriously that she left a bloody trail behind her and then forced her on a drive to eastern New Orleans before she was able to hit him with a wrench and escape, authorities said Tuesday.
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