Scoot: Susan Cowsill’s undying love for New Orleans in spite of Katrina tragedy
After the storm left her home destroyed, Susan traveled to other cities and considered if that city was a city they could call “home.” But none of the cities reflected her being the way New Orleans did
NOPD investigates French Quarter ride and robbery case
Police say the two women took the man to a residential neighborhood where another man was waiting, an accomplice, who threatened the victim and robbed him.
Katrina inspired a $3B wetlands rebuilding project. Louisiana just killed it.
A pillar of the state's coastal restoration plan is dead. Its backers say it would have offered the most effective, natural storm protection.
Katrina archives: ‘Please don’t let me die.’ New Orleans 911 operators confront ghastly calls
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,...
New Orleans parade, memorials mark 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. How to watch.
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...
Katrina archives: Rape, murder, gunfights. At the Superdome, it never happened.
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...
A Smaller, Whiter, Less Affordable New Orleans
“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....
School Bus Monitor Hospitalized After Violent Attack by Student, Parent
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...
Archdiocese bankruptcy leaves local churches struggling to cover soaring insurance bills
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...
Hurricane Survivor Charmaine Neville Saw Alligator Attacks and Worse After Katrina — Still, the...
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...