January 2012
Katrina breach sites nominated for National...
A grassroots group is pushing to have the sites of two levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The group’s founder said Thursday that the mission is to change the belief that the storm caused the flooding in New Orleans after Katrina struck in 2005, killing hundreds across six states, with a majority of fatalities in Louisiana.
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Lawmaker: Bring National Guard back to...
New Orleans’ murder rate is 10 times the national rate. There were 199 murders in 2011, and just a few weeks in to 2012, there have been 20 slayings.
What could possibly stop the killing on the streets of New Orleans?
Some city residents — and now, one state lawmaker — are looking back to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for a solution: They want to call in the National...
Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP loses bid to make...
A US federal judge has told BP that contractors Transocean and Halliburton do not have to help pay compensation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill because they are protected by their contracts.
More than 750m litres of oil spewed into the Gulf of Mexico after the undersea well blew out on 20 April 2010 and was not capped until July.
BP, Transocean and Halliburton have been sparring over who...
In The Music Box, New Orleans Residents Hear Hope
Morgan Sasser/New Orleans Airlift
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it left behind a city full of destroyed homes. Despite ongoing rebuilding efforts, thousands of blighted properties remain. Now, a group of artists is creating a structure that is part home, part musical instrument and part inspiration of what can be made of these damaged properties.
The Music Box is a...
New Orleans Arena could become 'Seafood Arena'
Could the New Orleans Arena be getting a new name? A big local industry is considering it, but who it is may surprise you. It’s not a local corporation — it’s the local seafood industry. The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board is considering a sponsorship that would rename the arena the “Louisiana Seafood Arena.” Harlon Pearce with the board said...
Helping the world with Mardi Gras bead mosaics
Stephán Wanger is saving the world, one plastic Mardi Gras bead at a time.
The long center table in Stephan’s Galeria Alegria is lined with dozens of clear cups, each filled with beads in a particular hue. Aquas here, cranberries there, tangerine and shell pink and translucent pearls – a veritable rainbow of bright little orbs, enough to fill a goodly portion of a curbside dumpster, which...
New Orleans Saints defenders never formally told...
Several New Orleans Saints defenders said Tuesday they have not been given any formal word from defensive coordinator Gregg Williams or the franchise about Williams reported departure for the St. Louis Rams. The players conceded they were perplexed by the situation.
Linebacker Jonathan Casillas and defensive end Cameron Jordan both said they learned Williams was likely headed to St. Louis...
“Email from the Mayor:
Dear Colleagues,
This Saturday, our New Orleans Saints...”
New Orleans Fruit Tree Project spreads the wealth
From a massive grapefruit tree from English Turn, volunteers for the New Orleans Fruit Tree Project picked 500 pounds of fruit without even getting on a ladder. All of it went to charity. The concept is simple, founder Megan Nuismer said. “You need a truck and some ladders,” she said, calling the year-old Fruit Tree Project “very Robin Hood-y,” because it spreads the...
Mardi Gras krewe 'tit Rex changes name slightly at...
The micro Carnival marching club formerly known as ‘tit Rex (a shortened form of Petit Rex) will change its name slightly in hopes of avoiding a legal showdown with the 140 year-old Rex parading organization, according to ‘tit Rex president Jeremy Yuslum. In March, a representative of the venerable Rex Carnival krewe instructed the three-year-old ‘tit Rex organization to cease using the...
