Three guns seized in a raid at 3210 Second Street. (via NOPD)
Gie Z. Preston (via opcso.org)
A rare, expensive gun specifically designed to pierce body armor was seized during a drug arrest Thursday and may be linked to a number of recent shootings, police said after making a series of gun arrests in Central City this week. Continue reading »
Michael T. Ladner (via opcso.org)
I’m not really a gadget girl, I don’t need to rush out and buy the latest, fanciest phone, and I certainly don’t need to schlep around a camera, phone, e-reader, iPad, GPS, and whatever other portable thingamajigs are the must-have item according to the Sunday circulars. The newest fad to suddenly make my life so much less of a burden always seems somewhat, well, burdensome to me. However, I’ll be the first one to admit that I am kind of obsessed with my iPhone. I was a late adopter, if you will, only having just purchased one last year (and a 3G at that!). Continue reading »
State Rep. Austin Badon
A second sitting lawmaker joined the race for the at-large seat on the New Orleans City Council on Thursday, ensuring that the March 24 election will feature a contest between at least two well-known and well-funded candidates. Continue reading »
A French book fair, holiday arts, seasonal cuisine, live jazz and children’s activities will all be offered at the inaugural Marché de Noël at Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans on Saturday. Continue reading »
A woman in her 60s was bound by telephone cords in her Lower Garden District home and robbed at knifepoint of her money and car by a homeless man she hired from a nearby park for odd jobs, police said. Continue reading »
A rendering of the proposed football stadium on Tulane's Uptown campus. (via TulaneStadium.com)
The stadium will be located behind the baseball field, about a block off South Claiborne Avenue. (via TulaneStadium.com)
Tulane University plans to open a $60 million football stadium in 2014 on its Uptown campus, about a block off South Claiborne Avenue behind the baseball field, officials announced Thursday. Continue reading »
Computer sketch of suspect (via NOPD)
“Trumpeter Nicholas Payton, the 2011-2012 Jazz Artist-in-Residence at Tulane University, will perform with his trio featuring Vicente Archer on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. in Dixon Hall on Tulane’s uptown campus,” according to a news release from the university. “The Tulane University Big Band, directed by Jesse McBride, will support the trio. The concert is free and open to the public.” Continue reading »
Kara Morgan, president of the Irish Channel Neighborhood Association, smiles during the association's 2010 holiday party at Tracey's. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Barbara Johnson, president of the Central Carrollton Association, was in her Fern Street driveway with her husband Friday evening when they were approached by a man with a gun who demanded their money, according to a report by Monica Hernandez of our partners at WWL.
Allan Katz and Danae Columbus
One of the ways to tell the future of any city or neighborhood is to find out if investors are willing to put up their money to underwrite new ventures. By that criterion, New Orleans’ Warehouse District is on a roll. Continue reading »
Elena Countiss teaches a second-grade Spanish-immersion classroom at the International School of Louisiana's Eastbank campus in January. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)
Stacy Head
Stacy Head, who represents much of Uptown in her District B seat on the New Orleans City Council, was among the first candidates to formally sign up to run in the March 24 election for the open at-large seat vacated by the retirement of former Councilman Arnie Fielkow, state records show. Continue reading »
Brandon A. Cooks Sr. (via opcso.org)
A man found guilty of possession of cocaine after a drug deal in the Carrollton area now faces up to 10 years in prison without parole or probation if he is sentenced as a habitual offender, according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney’s office. Continue reading »
“In honor of men in armed services, World War 2, 13th Ward 4th Precinct, Erected on Dec. 19, 1943,” reads a disregarded memorial at Laurel and Leontine that long ago lost its flagpole, according to an article by Brendan McCarthy of The Times-Picayune.
Six robberies and one home-invasion at gunpoint reported in the blocks around South Claiborne since Nov. 29. (via NOPD.com)
Seven armed robberies — including two carjackings and a home invasion — have been reported within sight of South Claiborne Avenue in the university area over the last week, pitting Uptown residents who ventured outside to put out the trash, repair a car, wait for a shuttle or make a cell phone call against gun-carrying muggers on almost a nightly basis. Continue reading »
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans will be accepting applications from December 1, 2011 through January 9, 2012 for the 2012 – 2013 academic year. Lycée Français is a type 2 public charter school open to all residents of Louisiana. Applications may be submitted in one of three ways: by USPS – download and print the application from the website, www.lfno.org, and mail to Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans, 5500 Prytania Street, P.O. Box 424, New Orleans, LA 70115, in person on Monday, December 5th and Thursday, December 8th from 7:30 am to 9:00 am at 5401 S. Claiborne, New Orleans 70125, or by email – instructions are available at www.lfno.org. Continue reading »
Jean-Paul Villere
What’s with this Travel & Leisure readers poll slapping yet another label on the residents of the Crescent City? Now we’re “the strangest.” Really!? The strangest? That’s just how I want to raise my kids and have them self-identify their home and rearing. ”Don’t feel bad about not being like all the other 21st century American children, we’re just stranger than everyone else.” Um, no. I’ll accept most distinctive, most resilient, and / or most fun to be around, but I for one veto strange, at least insofar as defined by most. Continue reading »
The most recent rendering of plans for the redevelopment of the old American Legion hall on Magazine Street into a new Walgreens store.