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NEW ORLEANS — A court hearing is scheduled to take place on Monday in Baton Rouge in Orleans Parish Clerk of Court Chelsey Richard Napoleon’s lawsuit against Mayor Helena Moreno and members of the New Orleans City Council. The lawsuit was filed one day after the City Council...

Razorbacks running back coach continues identifying talent slightly overlooked this spring

The well-worn cliche says if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Stephanie Bridges didn’t stop. She’s been a public servant for years. She’s wanted to be an elected public servant. Rather than try, fail and stop, Bridges tried again, failed. Tried again, failed. Then tried again.

Louisiana has surrendered to corporations and politicians interested in personal financial gain. Soon, you won't be able to sue the oil industry based on damage caused by climate change. Why? Because those politicians supporting these efforts do not care about Louisiana, you or your children's future. They live for the

Crews responded Sunday afternoon to a "major" water main break that flooded roads and cut water pressure in Metairie, according to Jefferson Parish officials. Jefferson Parish Council member Hans Liljeberg said a 16-inch line that burst on Farnham Place caused flooding in the area but had been isolated by Public Works

Joe Bond is an award-winning short story writer whose debut novel "Hope House" explores the lives of a group of troubled teenage boys in a treatment program in the late 1980s. Bond, who now lives in New Orleans with his family, grew up around similar group homes in eastern Kentucky and began working in them when he was

For the enslaved people on Louisiana plantations, resistance took many subtle and perilous forms. The new Whitney Plantation exhibit “Amongst Ourselves: Resisting Slavery at Whitney Plantation” catalogs several: worship, maintaining blood or acquired kinship, education, sharing folktales and foodways, even cultivating

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Louisiana’s Bonvenu Bank. have awarded $500,000 in grants to five area organizations to help locals resolve heirs’ property issues. The Pro Bono Project, Community Development Capital of New Orleans and West 30’s Redemption Co. each received $150,000 grants and The Petra Foundation

Looking for more to do this week? Check out the latest on Gambit's calendar at calendar.gambitweekly.com. Greek Fest brings Greek music and dancing, traditional dishes, a market and more to the Hellenic Cultural Center along Bayou St. John. Vendors offer everything from platters of roasted lamb to gyro, goat burgers, s

Voters in New Orleans shook up the courthouse lineup in Saturday's party primary, filling three contested civil and criminal court seats with Stephanie Bridges, Sheryl Howard and John T. Fuller. The results reset leadership in two Civil District Court divisions and one Criminal District Court section that churn through