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A pillar of the state's coastal restoration plan is dead. Its backers say it would have offered the most effective, natural storm protection.

This story, headlined "911 operators confront grim task, ghastly calls," was originally published Sept. 19, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage. As she took that first call from a woman trapped in her 9th Ward attic,...

Thousands are expected to gather Friday in New Orleans for a series of memorials and festivities as the city marks the 20th year since Hurricane Katrina 's deadly landfall. The Category 3 storm hit southeast Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2005, submerging vast swaths of New Orleans in roaring floodwaters and causing about...

This story, headlined "Rape. Murder. Gunfights.," was originally published Sept. 26, 2005. It is being republished for the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as part of The Times-Picayune's Pulitzer-winning coverage. After five days managing near-riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the...

“Katrina: 20 Years Later” is Word In Black’s series on Hurricane Katrina’s enduring impact on New Orleans, and how Black folks from the Big Easy navigate recovery, resilience, and justice. Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina drowned New Orleans, the waterlines from the once-in-a-generation storm are still visible....

A disturbing incident on an Orleans Parish school bus in Louisiana has left a longtime school bus monitor hospitalized with multiple injuries after she was allegedly attacked by a high school student and the student’s mother, reported News Channel 10. The incident reportedly occurred Aug. 21 and was caught...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) -The property insurance crisis in Louisiana is hitting churches in the New Orleans area, and parish leaders say they should not expect financial help from the Archdiocese of New Orleans. “Every parish stands alone. It’s a separate 501(c)(3) organization. They have their own revenue and expenses...

Charmaine Neville still feels sick whenever a storm enters the Gulf of Mexico. “I just panic, the anxiety comes,” Neville says. “It’s never going to go away, because the horrible things that I saw and lived through are something that won’t go away.” Hurricane Katrina killed 1,392 people. Neville saw some of the...

The New Orleans Police Department is reaching out to the community for assistance in the case of a man wanted for aggravated assault involving a firearm. The suspect has been identified as Duy Minh Nguyen, an Asian male with a date of birth listed as January 8, 1990. According to the New Orleans Police Department's...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is facing federal charges for allegedly orchestrating a scheme with her bodyguard — Jeffrey Vappie, with whom she had a romantic relationship — to defraud the city of more than $70,000. The 18-count indictment includes charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud,...