Report blasts firm overseeing Katrina recovery ... including billing for theater tickets and a flight to Las Vegas, an internal investigation found. The report by New Orleans Inspector General E.R. Quatrevaux said the flawed contract with MWH Americas Inc. has hurt the city's recovery, placing blame ...
Robert C. Ross ... away March 10, 2010 at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur. He was born December 8, 1919 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Volney and Helen Lattipi Ross. He was a resident of Groves for over 50 years and served his county in the ...
Memorial death after Katrina not a homicide, coroner decides ... and autopsy results already in her file. Woman's niece 'stunned' by decision Burgess' niece, Bertha Mitchell of New Orleans, said she was "stunned" by Minyard's declaration, particularly in light of Cook's statement that he ordered that Burgess ...
Brooks-Simms, daughter, sentenced in New Orleans schools bribery scheme ... chastized Brooks-Simms for her betrayal of not only the public's trust, but that of the thousands of students in New Orleans public schools. "Instead of instilling in young people a love for math, you, a teacher, told those students to forget math ...
Thieves steal Lin Emery sculpture ... a piece of art. Steven Forster / The Times-Picayune Lin Emery, 2008 Take it from Lin Emery. A few days ago, the New Orleans artist says, thieves pried wood panels off the back of her studio and stole some tools, copper pipe, and a huge 13-segment ...