June 2014 Archive
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Looking out his back door, Allen Green of Oakville Community Action Group in Plaquemines Parish sees a mountain of debris and trash. “It’s a smelly, 60-foot eyesore,” ... Cash-strapped administration criticized for lavish inauguration festivities
At a time when City of New Orleans officials are scrambling to find money to pay for two federal consent decrees, long overdue street repairs, the replacement of lost or ... ‘Promising’ cancer treatments on the horizon
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent alternative personal loan options WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Cancer is the nation’s second-leading cause of death for both Blacks and whites. While there is no known ... Future role of RSD being questioned
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer Recovery School District Superintendent Patrick Dobard has frequently said, “Our success is measured by literally working ourselves out of a job.” Poll reveals how Orleanians feel about ‘school system’ in New Orleans
By Kari Dequine Harden Contributing Writer Nine years into the country’s largest experiment in the privatization of public education, a recent poll suggests that in the minds of likely voters, the Recovery ... Essence Fest 2014, The return of Prince to New Orleans
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Without a doubt, Prince’s fast cash loan in davao return to the Essence Festival, July 3- 6, after a 10-year hiatus has created a huge buzz. That’s ... Feds asked to block RSD from building new school on toxic landfill
The Louisiana Weekly Staff Report Environmental scientist Wilma Subra released findings of toxic contamination at the proposed site of Cohen College Prep High (formerly Walter L. Cohen High School) during a ... Marshall Coulter unable to stand trial
On Thursday, an Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judge decided that Marshall Coulter, the 15-year-old shot in the head by a Faubourg Marigny homeowner after he discovered the teen in his ... About Town… U.S. Senate Challengers Create Four Way Race…
By Christopher Tidmore and Christian Villere, Contributing Writers Republican U.S. Senate candidate Col. Rob Maness passed the fundraising threshold into being a real candidate last week. That might be good news ... Big Sam’s Funky Nation lands at the Essence Festival
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Years ago when Sammie “Big Sam” Williams walked into the band room at Edward Livingston Middle School, the band director asked him what he wanted to play. ...
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