Adriane Quinlan
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'This is a marathon': St. Bernard Project keeps the faith with Katrina rebuilding
An estimated 5,000 families are still displaced, and the organization fields about 15 to 20 phone calls per week from homeowners seeking help, administrators estimate. → Read More
Controversial Harahan resubdivision dropped
A proposal to build three new houses on Oak Avenue in Harahan stalled Thursday night (July 16) at the City Council meeting, amid public outcry and a missing council member. Amid the protests, the applicant -- former Councilman Eric Chatelain --... → Read More
Harahan property taxes will inch up $5,200 citywide
Harahan property tax bills for 2015 will be slightly higher. The City Council voted Thursday night (July 16) to raise taxes from 13.87 mills to 13.93 mills, generating an extra $5,244. The difference comes in the fire protection tax. In past... → Read More
Harahan City Council wants to get a word in
Mayor won't let council members vote on their own proposals, they say → Read More
Artist of sculpture lost in Kenner storage speaks to newspaper
Lynda Benglis, the artist whose sculpture was rediscovered after nearly 30 years in a Kenner storage yard, described the feeling of seeing her seminal 1984 work again to New Orleans weekly The Gambit. "It was like finding something so personal... → Read More
Metairie is 'not cool' despite Trader Joe's arrival, website polls
Over at the New Orleans branch of the real estate site Curbed, writer Lauren LaBorde asked a gutsy question of her Orleans parish readers. She asked whether Metairie -- or Jefferson Parish in general -- was becoming "cool." In a July 9... → Read More
Witnesses to Oretha Castle Haley shooting call it 'a hit'
A man was fatally shot in the chest on Saturday morning on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, after a gunman chased him down Calliope Street before a stand down on the corner, according to witnesses who watched from under the shade of... → Read More
Man fatally shot Saturday on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
A man was fatally shot in the chest Saturday morning (July 11) near the intersection of Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard and Calliope Street, New Orleans police said. The man was wounded in the chest and transported to the hospital, where... → Read More
4 thefts and a carjacking reported across New Orleans in 24-hour span
A carjacking and four thefts were reported across New Orleans in a span of 24-hours, from early Friday morning to early Saturday, according to New Orleans police. The carjacking was reported in the Holy Cross neighborhood early Friday, at 6:57... → Read More
Search is on for man wanted for kidnapping near Fair Grounds
New Orleans police are asking the public to help them locate a man accused of kidnapping his girlfriend on Friday (July 10) around 8:30 p.m. from Trafalgar Street, in the Fair Grounds neighborhood. According to a release, the victim of... → Read More
7-year-old girl sexually assaulted in eastern New Orleans
A 7-year-old girl reported being lured away from her home on Downman Road in eastern New Orleans on Friday (July 10) and sexually assaulted, New Orleans police said. Police were called to the scene at 1:57 p.m. Friday and learned that... → Read More
Motorcyclist killed at Earhart Expressway and Dickory Avenue in East Jefferson
A motorcyclist was killed Friday night (July 10) after his vehicle struck a small levee on Dickory Avenue near the intersection of the Earhart Expressway, and he "went airborne," state police said. The motorcyclist, 39-year-old Shawn Clouston of Canonsburg, Pa., was found... → Read More
St. Rose woman accused of trying to electrocute husband in tub, newspaper reports
A St. Rose woman was arrested for trying to electrocute her husband by throwing an appliance into the couple's bathtub, the St. Charles Herald Guide reported Friday (July 10). Stacy Lawson and her husband Terrance Lawson were arguing on June... → Read More
Teens arrested for faking kidnapping in Galliano, authorities say
A man spent nearly a week in jail after two teens told police a made-up account of how the man had kidnapped a 12-year-old, authorities said. The 21-year-old victim of the kidnapping tale – Kaleb Bruce – was released from... → Read More
Harahan sets meeting to discuss BP oil spill claim
The Harahan City Council plans to convene Monday (July 13) to discuss its $5.3 million lawsuit against BP and vote on the company's settlement offer, five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster spewed 3.19 million barrels of oil into the Gulf... → Read More
New Trader Joe's location in Metairie tops off decades-long planning battle
The lot at Labarre Road and Veterans Memorial Boulevard had been vacant -- or nearly vacant -- for as long as Cynthia Lee-Sheng could remember. In her childhood, it was a shell lot. Then it became the site of a court... → Read More
Magazine peeks into Jefferson Variety's glittery world
400,000 "units" of Mardi Gras beads; 5,000 pounds of glitter; entire ostriches-worth of feathers: these are the annual sales tallies at Jefferson Variety—the costume, throw, and oh-so-much-more store, whose yellow bins of smirk-worthy crawfish-boil-inspired beads have made the shop a... → Read More
Damaged crime lab may lead to overturned convictions, Jefferson Parish lawsuit says
Jefferson Parish's $16.8 million, 45,000-square foot forensic crime lab may have been the model for the coroner's office set on the TV show "NCIS: New Orleans." But the actual lab building in Harvey is so water-damaged that it may lead to... → Read More
Reader wonders why Jefferson's 'absolute worst parade season' got perfect score
For the first year since Jefferson Parish started doling out report cards and issuing fines to Mardi Gras parades, all krewes received a perfect score. That may surprise readers who remember the string of incidents that marred the 2015 parade season --... → Read More
Kenner City Council keeps auditing firm, cancels reconsideration
The Kenner City Council authorized the city to hire an auditing firm by default at a July 2 meeting, passing up a low bidder, when the council canceled a vote to reconsider which firm it hired. The cancellation of the... → Read More