The now-closed 10-story city jail at 2735 Perdido St. was known for its harsh conditions and troubling practices. Within its ...

As I read of the financial problems preventing the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board from maintaining its drainage ...

Amari Johnson’s debut book “Under a Black Star” explores Black marronage and the pursuit of community autonomy for New ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is doing its part to make sure New Orleans’ first responders and their equipment are ready for hurricane season. This is the annual “Blessing of the Fleet” event at ...

Sirgo Plaza is a memorial dedicated to the NOPD’s fallen officers ... just like I had checked on it right after [Hurricane] Katrina, was not burning, and the whole place had feeling of ...

The NOPD is a far different agency from the one ... up police killings of unarmed civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Although critics say the police department hasn’t done enough ...

The days after Hurricane Katrina were dark ones for New Orleans ... decree aimed at reforming all corners of the New Orleans Police Department. The goal was not only to repair the relationship ...

It was in the shadow of NOPD’s post-Katrina conduct that Mitch Landrieu, newly inaugurated as the city’s mayor, asked the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division to investigate the department in 2010.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Nearly 20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Police Department has opened a new state-of-the-art fourth district station. Several officials attended the ribbon ...

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HAS SUBSTANTIALLY NOT DONE ANYTHING OF SUBSTANCE TO DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE ROOM SINCE KATRINA WASHED ASHORE MONDAY IN NOPD’S, CURRENT SUPERINTENDENT AND ...

We contacted the mayor’s office and the NOPD to clarify the moved evidence ... to a warehouse storage space after Hurricane Katrina. “It was very, very difficult to locate a lot of evidence.