Coroner to hold press conference over Memorial deaths NEW ORLEANS Coroner Dr. Frank Minyard is holding a noon press conference to discuss the latest details in the deaths of patients at Memorial Medical Center following Hurricane Katrina.
Shooting suspect caught in Big Easy ... face charges in ithe case. Kenyon Derrell "Smoke" Cannon, 29, of 141 Pilkington Park was arrested at a home in New Orleans Monday night by U.S. marshals after they developed information that pinpointed his location, said Starkville Police Department ...
Cockfight attendance targeted in legislative proposal ... penalty of six months in jail, a $500 fine or both for people convicted. In another matter, Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has filed a bill that would allow Erroll Williams, the newly elected parishwide assessor for Orleans , to take office July ...
Getaway: Chart your own course The minute the weather turns warm, there's suddenly a million things to do. Don't you love spring? Here are a few specialty events happening in South Louisiana: * Lafayette's native son, artist George Rodrigue , is central to a three-day celebration of his art May 19-21 in New Orleans.
Shannon Bream: Expert: Reagan Gets the Shaft in Textbooks ... Mississippi River, when it actually expanded all the way to the Rocky Mountains. Another text said the city of New Orleans was settled by the French in the 1600s. Wrong century! It didn't happen until 1718. Dr. Frank Wang, one-time president of ...