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Mayor Cantrell pleads the Fifth in Civil Service hearing: sources
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell used her 5th Amendment right not to incriminate herself to avoid answering questions Friday during a Civil Service Commission hearing about police promotions, according to multiple people in attendance. Later in the evidentiary hearing, which was not published on the commission’s website ahead...
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Jefferson Parish ready to buy Hope Haven from Catholic Church. What's next for the campus?
The Jefferson Parish Council has reached a deal with the Archdiocese of New Orleans to purchase Hope Haven in Marrero, the former orphanage where dozens of children were physically, sexually and psychologically abused decades ago by priests, brothers and nuns charged with caring for them. The parish has been leasing...
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Southern University shooting suspect arrested in Texas
BATON ROUGE — The Southern University Police Department has arrested Semaj Joiner, the suspect in the March 2 shooting of a Southern University student. U.S. Marshals took Joiner into custody on Thursday, March 13, in Fort Worth, Texas. Joiner faces multiple charges, including carrying a firearm on school property,...
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Driver in Louisiana Drives SUV Across Bridge the Wrong Way
A scary scene was captured on camera Friday morning as a driver in a small SUV drove the wrong way across the Causeway Bridge. WDSU reports that a car was seen driving down the wrong side of the Causeway Bridge during foggy conditions Friday morning. The lane in which the...
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Funeral services for former LSU player Marc Boutte set for Saturday in Lake Charles
BATON ROUGE — Marc Boutte, a former defensive lineman for LSU, will be laid to rest Saturday following a service at the Combre Funeral Home in Lake Charles. Boutte, a Lake Charles native, died last week at age 55. He had appeared in over 40 games and started 32 times as a defensive lineman during his LSU career.
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Police arrest four people accused of stealing packages in Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE — Four people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a string of package thefts across Baton Rouge. Officers arrested Mikel Wenger, 21; Ladarius Williams, 23; Jaymi Holland, 23; and Devonta James, 22. Police said that on March 11, they received an anonymous tip to investigate a...
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New Orleans doctor wanted after sister's ankle monitor cut before her manslaughter trial
Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office detectives have obtained an arrest warrant for a New Orleans doctor accused of scheming with his sister to remove her ankle monitor in advance of her upcoming manslaughter trial. Dr. Kerry Sterling, a family medicine physician with a practice in the lower Garden District, is wanted...
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New Orleans firefighter Dwayne Jackson dies in I-10 crash
NEW ORLEANS — A longtime New Orleans firefighter was killed early Thursday morning in a crash on Interstate 10 westbound in Ascension Parish, marking the third NOFD firefighter to die in the past three weeks. According to Louisiana State Police, 41-year-old Dwayne Jackson was driving a 2006 Nissan Titan...
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City council ‘grounds’ Mayor Cantrell; truck parking problem; Lenten season reflections
It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up on the week in politics with The Times-Picayune/The Advocate’s editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. We learn how the New Orleans City Council is aiming to restrict the travel of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and how she’s pushing back.