🎁 Freebies Up for Grabs in Gretna — Furniture, Plants & More
Looking for something useful without spending a dime? Gretna neighbors are giving away a few great items this week — from home furniture to plants and baby gear. Check out what’s available below!
Paris Road Put On Boil As Chalmette Water Woes Stretch To Bayou Bridge
Parts of Chalmette are on high alert at the tap after St. Bernard Parish officials issued a precautionary boil water advisory Wednesday for a busy stretch of Paris Road. Residents and businesses from Virtue Street down to the Bayou Bienvenue Bridge are being told to boil their water before drinking or cooking, all because emergency repair work forced crews to isolate a section of...
Average New Orleans EMS response times hit 17 minutes due to understaffing, low pay,...
New Orleans EMS is failing to respond quickly to emergencies as chronic understaffing driven by low pay forces the city to lean heavily on private ambulance companies, the Office of the Inspector General said in a new report. In 71% of cases, the agency missed national benchmarks as average response...
Food truck festival rolling into Gretna
The Gretna Food Truck Festival will take place on Saturday, April 18.
Beachside Fugitive Hauled Back To New Orleans, Hit With $2M Bond In Central City...
Nearly four years after a Central City killing shook a New Orleans neighborhood, William Powell III is back in an Orleans Parish courtroom, this time held on a $2 million bond as prosecutors push a second-degree murder case. Powell, 43, was extradited from California this week in connection with the March 19, 2022 shooting death of 35-year-old Ciara Bullock, the result...
New Orleans police will expand drone program in the French Quarter after council’s split...
A remote-piloted police drone will launch in the French Quarter before the end of the year, the first drone to come out of a program that local leaders hope to expand citywide. The New Orleans City Council on Thursday in a 4-3 vote approved the New Orleans Police Department’s purchase...
“Our sergeants are blind.” Kirkpatrick unpacks NOPD’s systemic overtime woes; explains that French Quarter...
“The question isn't can you work the overtime, the question is did you work that overtime?... Out of 1,300 employees, you're always gonna have someone who wants to push the envelope. What we have done is to try to look at the systems that would prevent opportunity. And one of those is to return to officers having to punch a biometric clock,” says Kirkpatrick...
New Orleans police officer injured in crash
A New Orleans Police Department officer was injured in a car crash Thursday, April 16.
New Orleans City Council shifts public meeting livestreams to Facebook amid technical issues
NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans City Council says its public meetings will temporarily stream live on Facebook due to technical issues with YouTube and Granicus. Officials announced meetings will air on the council’s Facebook page until further notice. The council says it is working to resolve the...
Marlon Wayans bringing comedic stylings to New Orleans
Comedian, actor and producer Marlon Wayans is bringing his Wild Child comedy tour to the Crescent City.
