Mom died of cancer, dad in prison: ‘I’m one of the lucky ones’
"I've been through a lot. But you can't fold. You just can't fold, because when you fold that's when you're gonna end up in jail or dead," he said
The murders of 1994: Lessons from New Orleans’ deadliest year (The Times-Picayune)
The same day as Pennington's inauguration, officer Len Davis ordered the murder of 32-year-old Kim Groves. She had filed a brutality complaint against him the day before, after seeing Davis pistol-whip a teenager.
Dealing at 12, shot at 13: ‘Stamping my ticket straight to hell’ (The Times-Picayune)
He'd steal glances through the curtains and soak it all in -- the men in the slick clothes, shooting dice, driving the flashiest cars, always surrounded by the prettiest women. It seemed magical.
The Magnolia taught him how to kill. Now, Mack Terrance preaches peace (The Times-Picayune)
He avoided the temptation of the drug dealers and the pull of prison. He even went to college. He was one of the rare ones. He had a future. And yet there he was, lying on the floor of Club X-Posure in Baton Rouge with a gun pointed at his head.
Cafe Habana: 4 years in New Orleans limbo — and counting
The dispute illustrates the hoops through which businesses must jump to operate in a protected historic district as well as the dogged determination of French Quarter interests in defending the character of their neighborhood.
Lead poisoning lawyers make $2 million; victims average $17,000
Bridgette Kinard remembers the men in the "white suits." They came to her apartment in the B.W. Cooper housing development in the 1990s, wrapped head to toe in specialized clothing to protect them from hazardous materials.
In Bourbon Street strip clubs crackdown, four owned by family with history of violations
"(Investigators) described a situation to where anything goes," Hebert said. "Basically they give you a menu: Sex? Drugs?"
Residents beg for help as EPA tours Agriculture Street Landfill site
Standing in front of the vacant and blighted Moton Elementary School on Abundance Street, Arturo Blanco listened as several people peppered him with questions. But he had few answers to offer the remaining residents of the Agriculture Street Landfill.
Agriculture Street residents question $1 million payment to judge’s campaign chairman, longtime friend
More than 5,000 people who lived and worked in a community the city of New Orleans allowed to be built on top of a toxic waste dump were recently awarded $14.2 million as part of a class action lawsuit.
The poisoned promises of Agriculture Street
"The people who are responsible for the Agriculture Street Landfill have never apologized, have never said, 'We're sorry you guys lived here and you didn't know and some of you have health problems.' You never hear nothing from nobody that knew that this landfill was toxic and it was cancer.”
Agriculture Street attorneys: Residents should be mad at government, not our fees
Many now see the attorneys as the enemy. They accuse their legal representatives of getting rich off the shattered remains of their lives and the corpses of their departed loved ones.
It’s 4 a.m. at Galatoire’s. What in the world are all those people doing in line?
One day a waiter walked into the adult novelty shop that used to be next door - Bourbon Strip-Tease - and asked the manager if he wanted to make some money holding a spot for one of Galatoire’s wealthy clientele.
Homeless in New Orleans: Shelter for the night
To get a firsthand look at the condition of the Mission shelter and how it operates, staff writer Richard A. Webster and photographer Ted Jackson spent the night from 4:30 p.m. Sept. 17 to 9 a.m. Sept. 18. This story documents their experience.
Families kept in the dark when loved ones died in New Orleans jail
Later that night, Hulitt heard from an old girlfriend of Willie Lee's. She had just received a call from an inmate in OPP. "She told me Willie was dead, that he was killed in the jail," Hulitt said. "It can't be Willie. It can't be. She said, 'Yes, it is.'"
New Orleans Freedom Riders and the fight for civil rights
Sitting in the courtyard outside of the American Can apartment building near Bayou St. John, Doratha "Dodie" Smith-Simmons closed her eyes and began to sing. The words came out like a whispered prayer. "We are not afraid," she sang. "We are not afraid."
Unlicensed tour guides remove bones, take pictures of bodies in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 tombs
Buggy driver Maia Settle knew there was a problem when a customer told her Monday (April 21) there was a tour guide inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 reaching into tombs and pulling out jawbones to show the crowds.
After decades on New Orleans’ streets, K9 and Dr. Love find the hardest fight is within
They are known on the streets as K9 and Dr. Love. One is a solitary figure who dresses like a pirate king and pushes a shopping cart overflowing with treasures through Treme. The other is a gregarious and outrageous soul who calls himself the “Mayor of Jackson Square.”
Lawyer in New Orleans noise ordinance debate accused of intimidation
Less than 10 days before the council was to hold a hearing on the proposed noise ordinance, lawyer Stuart Smith sent Councilwoman Kristin Gisleson Palmer an email message pledging to see that she would not be "electable as a dog catcher" if she backed away from supporting the new law.
Owner of St. Claude property that caught fire has history of neglect
"There was a fire before, people have been dying here before, the Fire Department has been here before, the ambulances have been here before, the cops have been here before," Riverbottom said. "This is what has to happen."
Sheltering out of place: Marigny, 9th Ward tenants trapped in squalid conditions
Manis sat in his tiny first-floor room and pointed to the swarms of German cockroaches that covered every surface. The smell of mold was suffocating. He said he hesitated to go public with his concerns, scared that he would be evicted, but it's gotten so bad that he is afraid for the safety of his family.
Louisiana’s restaurant inspections can be sporadic, uneven
As Clay took in a forkful, anticipating feta cheese and olives, she tasted something unusual. That's when she looked down at her plate and saw it: half a cigarette nestled among the sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers.