NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard isn’t leaving New Orleans just yet.
About 120 Guard members will stay on duty in the city for another six months after the U.S. Department of War approved an extension of their mission, which had been set to end in late February, Gov. Jeff Landry announced Monday.
The troops were first deployed in January as part of “Operation NOLA Safe.” Working alongside the NOPD and Louisiana State Police, 350 soldiers patrolled neighborhoods and staffed checkpoints, boosting security in the French Quarter and surrounding areas through Mardi Gras…