Catastrophic damage from Ida leaves hundreds of thousands without power
Storm downgraded Monday morning, but remains a danger, forecasters said. Schools across metro area closed. Reports of severe flooding in LaPlace, Jean Lafitte.
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Prosecutors in 2010 murder case hid payments to witness and evidence implicating another suspect, Innocence Project New Orleans alleges in bar complaints
Kaliegh Smith was convicted of murder in 2010 and released this year after DA Jason Williams’ office said it agreed that there were problems with the case.
‘People are just reaching a breaking point’: New Orleans EMS employees say pay, COVID burnout contributing to turnover and delays in care
City EMS operations lost almost 20 percent of budgeted staff this year.
New Orleans schools report 453 cases and 4,657 quarantines among students, staff
Following full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, LDH has no timeline yet for adding COVID shots to the required vaccine list for K-12 schools.
City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
Even after the vote, how the money is administered will still have to be worked out in an agreement between the Cantrell administration, the City Council and the French Quarter Management District.
More than 3,000 students, school staff in quarantine as active cases jump
The district has reported 370 cases in the early weeks of the school year, nearly half the total for all of last school year.
OPSB to vote on employee vaccine mandate this week
The policy would require central office staff to get vaccinated by the end of September.
New Orleans to mandate vaccination or negative COVID test to enter many businesses
The rules go into effect on Monday, Aug. 16.
COVID cases among state prisoners more than double since last week, with eight hospitalizations
Eight state prisoners are hospitalized. And the number of cases at the New Orleans jail remains the same, according to a lawyer for the Sheriff’s Office.
As schools open, New Orleans district reports 116 COVID-19 cases and 638 people quarantining
One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
