LaToya Cantrell can now count herself among the growing number of history-making Black mayors across the country. She was just elected as New Orleans first woman mayor in the city’s 300-year history, which brings together her years-long efforts to bring help and revitalize the city. Cantrell was born in Los Angles, California on April 3, […]
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian have finally jumped the boom in a star-studded ceremony Thursday in New Orleans. The ceremony comes just 11 weeks after the couple welcomed their baby girl, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., on Sept. 1 — almost two years after they began dating in 2015. The 36-year-old tennis star and 34-year-old […]
In New Orleans Wednesday ahead of Jay-Z’s concert Thursday (Nov. 9) at the Smoothie King Center, the rapper, his wife Beyonce and sister-in-law Solange hit Dooky Chase’s Restaurant for dinner. Leah Chase, who appeared in Beyonce’s visual album “Lemonade,” is the chef and owner of the legendary Creole restaurant that played a central role in […]
Two New Orleans teens were arrested for the shooting deaths of a man and woman. Arrested with two counts of first-degree murder Sean LaBaud, 17, and Terke Johnson, 18, were booked and processed on October 30 according to Glen. T. Boyd a spokesman from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s office. The two are charged with the […]
New Orleans will have its first female mayor, and both candidates in the final election round are African Americans.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When Tropical Storm Nate formed and forecasts put New Orleans in its projected path for this weekend, one big question loomed for residents and business owners: Will the pumps work? “That’s now a thought in everybody who lives in New Orleans,” said Devin Shearman, a manager at Katie’s restaurant and lounge, […]
A grand jury has indicted a New Orleans rapper Mystikal of first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping in connection with an assault. The 46-year-old rapper, born Michael Lawrence Tyler, surrendered to authorities last month at Caddo Correctional Center. His bond has been set at $3 million. Mystikal is one of three people who were wanted in […]
Omarosa’s appearance on a panel at the 2017 National Association of Black Journalists went pretty much as expected – badly. Her scheduled appearance on a police brutality panel was met with scorn my other journalists and even the moderator, veteran journalist Ed Gordon, wasn’t too happy with her presence. NPR.org reports: A panel at […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flood-weary residents remained on edge as Louisiana’s governor declared a state of emergency in New Orleans, but this time the threat wasn’t churning in the Gulf of Mexico. The city’s malfunctioning water-pumping system and the threat of more rain have left some neighborhoods at a greater risk of flooding. The Big […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As New Orleans dried out Monday from torrential rains that flooded areas for the second time in two weeks, the City Council called a special meeting to review the drainage system and warning processes. Council President Jason Williams said he plans the Tuesday meeting “not to make any presumptions or cast […]
The city of New Orleans will take down a prominent statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Friday, completing the southern city’s removal of four Confederate-related statues that some called divisive. Unlike the first three statues, city officials plan to take Lee’s statue down during the day, with Mayor Mitch Landrieu planning a major […]
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The statue of the Confederacy’s president had been hoisted from its stone pedestal in the pre-dawn hours and the blue glint of police lights was still visible two blocks away outside the corner laundromat where Carol Patterson sat as diverted rush-hour traffic rolled by. “It’s entertaining,” Patterson, 74, said of the […]
