The Dew Drop Inn Hotel & Lounge, after a 54-year pause, is hosting live music once again. The legendary Central City nightclub reopened Friday (March 1) with performances that paid homage to its storied history. The Dew Drop on the LaSalle Street was the city’s leading Black music venue during rock ‘n’ roll’s formative years. […]
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Woman carjacked at gunpoint just after midnight
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A woman was carjacked Uptown early Thursday (Jan. 14), the New Orleans Police Department reported. The incident is one in a rash of carjackings and vehicle thefts this week that appear to target young women driving alone early in the morning. The Uptown incident occurred not long after midnight in the 1800 block of Cadiz Street. A 25-year-old woman was parking her vehicle when a man approached with a handgun and ordered her out of the car.