Jeff Adelson
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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Mass shooting at Bacchus Mardi Gras parade leaves 1 dead, 4 hospitalized: What to know
An arrest has been made in the shooting that left 1 dead and 4 injured. → Read More
Want to move to a rural area? For 85,000 La. residents, it happened without them doing a thing.
Louisiana has more than 85,000 newly rural residents, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which last year revised decades-old methods of defining what counts as urban in the United States. → Read More
Residents of St. Bernard Parish got shortchanged by Road Home. Many voted with their feet.
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Advocate | The Times-Picayune and WWL-TV. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as → Read More
Most Louisiana casinos are technically "boats." Here's why some are moving onto land.
Louisiana originally authorized 15 riverboat casinos, and required that they sail regularly. That's no longer the case. → Read More
Heat index of 108 to 112 degrees expected Saturday from Baton Rouge across north shore
Weather conditions "oppressive" until 8 p.m. → Read More
Louisiana has never seen better COVID numbers. How long will it last?
After two years of drastic measures meant to contain the spread of coronavirus through five separate surges, Louisiana seems to have passed the ultimate coronavirus test: Mardi Gras 2022, where → Read More
Louisiana surpasses 1 million coronavirus cases as omicron wave continues
More than 1 million Louisiana residents have been diagnosed with the coronavirus since the pandemic started in 2020, according to new data from the Louisiana Department of Health. → Read More
A rural Delta town withers amid population loss. It represents a broader trend in Louisiana.
WATERPROOF — Chuck Barice stomped around the remnants of a former department store on Main Street, cleaning up what was left — mostly bricks and burned wood — from a → Read More
COVID testing demand picks up as omicron becomes dominant strain in Louisiana
Theresa Calvin and three of her family members sat in their car in the parking lot of New Orleans’ Mahalia Jackson Theater on Thursday. They’d been waiting in a line → Read More
Health Department estimates almost 85% of Louisiana covid cases are omicron variant
Nearly 85% of the new coronavirus cases reported in Louisiana last week were the fast-spreading omicron variant, according to new estimates from the Louisiana Department of Health. → Read More
FEMA deadline for applications and critical needs after Hurricane Ida extended
The deadline for residents who suffered damage or need emergency assistance after Hurricane Ida to apply for FEMA aid has been extended, according to the agency. → Read More
Vaccine disparity in New Orleans: Why inoculations are lagging in poor, Black neighborhoods
New data show pattern similar to other metrics such as poverty and health → Read More
1 in 4 of all Louisiana coronavirus cases came in past month; 'tough January' ahead
Daily death toll likened to 'tour bus that went off of I-10. And there will be another one tomorrow.' → Read More
Hurricane Center: Sally to come ashore in Louisiana or Mississippi with 90 mph max winds; see track
Tropical Storm Sally continued to move toward the gulf coast Sunday morning, with forecasters now predicting the storm will come ashore as a Category 1 hurricane Monday night. → Read More
New Orleans health director: Coronavirus test result delays 'unconscionable'
The private lab processing the coronavirus tests of residents who've used New Orleans' drive-thru sites has been taking between seven and 10 days to provide results, a delay that Health → Read More
These New Orleans levees could be overtopped by Mississippi River surge ahead of storm
Storm surge accompanying potential Category 1 Hurricane Barry may cause overtopping Saturday of much of the Mississippi river levee in the Lower 9th Ward, Algiers and St. Bernard Parish, according → Read More
New Orleans City Council plans to ask voters to OK $500M in bonds for these projects
New Orleans officials are planning to ask voters to allow them to issue $500 million in bonds over the next five years to pay for a wide range of projects → Read More
Five S&WB workers hospitalized after faulty AC unit causes sweltering conditions
Five Sewerage & Water Board employees were taken to the hospital as a precaution Thursday after a temporary air conditioning unit in the utility's St. Joseph Street headquarters failed and → Read More
S&WB power upgrades, New Orleans pothole fixes among plans in funding deal; see how, when
Upgrades to the Sewerage & Water Board’s power systems to tie them more closely to Entergy New Orleans, money for contractors who have been waiting for their pay, and more → Read More
Gert Town residents sue New Orleans over radiation found, removed from neighborhood
Two New Orleans residents filed a lawsuit against the city Wednesday over radioactive material that workers recently dug up and removed from the Gert Town neighborhood, arguing that officials had → Read More