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Analyst: City's attempt to make French Quarter gun-free zone may not be legal
“I’d have to side with Attorney General Murrill because there is no law that provides that that area is a gun-free zone,” ALL THINGS LEGAL host Doug Sunseri said. “What the mayor and the city are trying to do is they’re trying to call a dog a cat.”
Inmate stabbed during fight at Orleans Parish Prison
NOPD officials say a closed circuit television recording shows the victim and the suspect fighting inside the jail. During that fight, the suspect pulled a weapon and stabbed the victim in the back and neck several times.
Rep. Carter stands with EPA and concerned citizens against Denka to protect public health
Louisiana Second District Congressman Troy Carter is upset the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) granted Denka Performance Elastomer, a chemical plant in St. John Parish, a two-year extension to reduce emissions.
Scoot: Boomers were a horrible example of fireworks safety - how did we survive?
When I think about all the rules the Boomer generation broke with fireworks it’s a wonder we don’t have a generation of grandparents with a high percentage of grandparents with fingers or hands missing or an eye blown out. But somehow we survived.
State Attorney General threatens NOPD over French Quarter gun-free zone
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued a statement Tuesday warning the New Orleans Police Department that it should not try to claim the Eighth District police station is a vocational/technical school.
System bringing heat also keeping Beryl away from Louisiana
“We have high pressure all across the eastern United States,” climatologist Barry Keim said. “It’s a huge dome of high pressure.” According to Keim, that high pressure dome is what’s steering Hurricane Beryl away from the Gulf Coast.
Heat, humidity persist as high pressure system sits over region
Another excessive heat warning is in effect today. High temperatures will reach the mid-90s with heat indices will approach the 115° mark. We could get some relief from spotty showers, but rain chances remain low, hovering in the 30-percent range.
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