Apr 01 New Orleans jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis dead at 85 By Janet McConnaughey, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Ellis Marsalis, jazz pianist, teacher and patriarch of a New Orleans musical family that includes famed musician sons Wynton and Branford, has died. He was 85. Continue reading
Dec 26 Watch 7:28 Author Sarah Broom on ‘The Yellow House’ and putting New Orleans East on the map By Jeffrey Brown Sarah Broom’s 2019 memoir, “The Yellow House,” won the National Book Award for non-fiction. Jeffrey Brown sits down with Broom to discuss her mother and how an obsession with houses passed down two generations to the author herself, why Broom… Continue watching
Dec 18 Federal appeals court rules Obamacare ‘individual mandate’ is unconstitutional By Rebecca Santana, Mark Sherman, Associated Press A federal appeals court says the “individual mandate" of former President Barack Obama’s health care law is invalid, but other parts of the law need further review. Continue reading
Dec 01 New Orleans police leader: ‘Senseless’ shooting wounds 10 By Associated Press Hours later in another part of town, another shooting killed two men and wounded two others. Continue reading
Jul 13 Barry crawls ashore in Louisiana, weakens to tropical storm By Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press Carrying "off the chart" amounts of moisture, Barry crawled ashore Saturday in Louisiana and quickly weakened to a tropical storm that promised to dump heavy rains that could last for days and pose a test of the flood-prevention systems built… Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 7:19 Tropical Storm Barry threatens New Orleans with significant rain, surge potential Tropical Storm Barry is poised to strike New Orleans with significant rainfall, posing a serious flooding threat in an area where a wet spring has left the Mississippi River unusually high. State officials are urging residents to take precautions but… Continue watching
Jul 12 ‘Powerful’ Tropical Storm Barry revives memories of Katrina in New Orleans By Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press About 3,000 National Guard troops along with other rescue crews were posted around the state with boats, high-water vehicles and helicopters. Drinking water was lined up, and utility crews with bucket trucks moved into position in the region. Continue reading
Jul 12 New Orleans levees could be tested as tropical storm bears down By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press The danger to New Orleans is threefold: storm surges from the sea, rain from the sky and water from the rising river if the levees fail. Continue reading
Jul 12 Tropical Storm Barry’s wind and rain hit Louisiana coast By Kevin McGill, Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press A hurricane warning was in effect along the Louisiana coast, with forecasters predicting landfall as a hurricane by early Saturday. Continue reading
Jul 10 Tropical storm swamps New Orleans as possible hurricane lurks By Chevel Johnson and Janet McConnaughey, Associated Press In New Orleans, streets turned into small, swift rivers that overturned garbage cans and picked up pieces of floating wood. Water was up to the doors of many cars. Other vehicles were abandoned. Continue reading