Four days after Hurricane Francine made landfall in Louisiana, fewer than 15,000 people across the state were still without power on Sunday morning, according to Entergy Louisiana.
Marie Fazio
Ashira Jones perched on a blue chair only slightly above the heads of the five kindergarteners who sat cross-legged on a rainbow carpet, rapt as she pointed to spelling words.
Principal Chasity Williams stood outside Plaisance Middle School on Thursday morning wearing a bright blue pantsuit that telegraphed her excitement: School was back in session.
A week before the start of the school year, Jefferson Parish School Board members and district officials were still deciding what to do about cellphones.
Student growth across the New Orleans area largely stagnated this year with test scores not quite back to pre-pandemic levels in most grades and subjects, reflecting state and national trends, according to new data released this week.
A few weeks ago, Noam Platt and Philip Dunham set up shop at Camp Dream Street, an overnight camp in Mississippi for children with disabilities.
By the time the Rev. Orin Grant arrived at Public Enemy Cuts, a popular barber shop in McDonoghville, three people were already waiting in their cars to put their names on Oliver Young, Jr.’s schedule for the day, despite his opening time not being for another hour. One came straight from getting off work at 4:30 a.m.
Construction is underway on a high-end apartment complex near Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie that the developer says will be "like a five-star hotel" with a rooftop lounge and resort-like pool.
Forecasters are tracking a system in the Gulf of Mexico that they say has a 50 percent chance of developing into a tropical storm in the next week but does not pose a threat to Louisiana, according to the National Hurricane Center.