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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8-year-old boy shot to death in Hoffman Triangle
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An 8-year-old boy was shot to death in the Hoffman Triangle on Wednesday morning, the New Orleans Police Department reported. Sixth District officers responded to a call of a shooting at about 11 a.m. When the officers arrived in the 3200 block of Second Street, they found the child suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. Emergency medical technicians transported the boy to a local hospital, where he later died. Homicide and child abuse detectives are investigating the death. The Orleans Parish Coroner’s Office will release the identity of the victim and the exact cause of death.