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New Orleans council approves controversial high rise

May 8, 2014, 2:46 pm
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NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) -

The New Orleans City Council approves controversial plans to build condos at the old Holy Cross school site in the Ninth Ward.

About 50 people who do not support the development protested at City Hall before Thursday morning's meeting.
Despite the protest, the council voted 5-to-1 in favor of the development.
Councilman Jason Williams cast the only "no" vote. Despite the council's decision, Ninth Ward residents like Vanessa Gueringer say their fight is not over.
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Faculty gives 'no confidence' vote to president of Our Lady of Holy Cross

May 8, 2014, 2:47 pm
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WWLTV.com
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NEW ORLEANS – The president of Our Lady of Holy Cross College has received a unanimous “no confidence” vote from his faculty.

The college’s Faculty Assembly says Dr. Ronald Ambrosetti’s leadership is “irreparably compromised” and has placed the school in a “precarious position.”

According to the faculty’s proposal, a third of the full-time nursing faculty has resigned in protest. That means the college’s nursing program, which the faculty says is vital to the school, is not in compliant with the requirements of the Louisiana state board.

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Former Orleans Sheriff's Office deputy wanted for hitting an inmate

May 8, 2014, 2:47 pm
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WWLTV.com
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NEW ORLEANS -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office deputy, after she allegedly initiated a physical confrontation with a female inmate, according to the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office.

On Mar. 29, the former deputy, Lateefa Marshall, reportedly struck the inmate during the confrontation, forcing other employees to break up the altercation.

"Following the confrontation, former Deputy Marshall submitted an incident report in which she accused the inmate of initiating the physical confrontation," said a statement from the district attorney's office.

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Helis Oil & Gas to seek postponement of May 13 hearing on St. Tammany oil drilling proposal

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Helis Oil & Gas Co., whose oil drilling and fracking proposal has been met with considerable opposition in St. Tammany Parish, has agreed to seek a

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Walter Reed video produced by his son

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Common Core opponents score a victory in the Louisiana House

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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The opponents of the Common Core academic standards and a related standardized test scored a rare -- but significant -- victory on the Louisiana House of

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First ladies of Louisiana and 'Duck Dynasty' to rappel down building in Baton Rouge

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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The women behind two of Louisiana's most famous husbands will step out from their shadows Friday (May 9) and off a 24-story building in downtown

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Police: Suspects caught on video buying murder weapons

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) -

Two more arrests give police more leads in the double homicide of Kenneth and Lakeitha Joseph.

Brittany Martin, 25, and Horatio Johnson, 37, turned themselves in Wednesday to U.S. Marshals. Police said the day after the Josephs disappeared, Martin and Johnson were captured on surveillance video purchasing the murder weapons.

"Martin's credit card statements verified these purchases," said NOPD Chief Ronal Serpas.

According to a search warrant, Martin and Johnson purchased blue nylon rope and two 30-pound kettle bells to weigh the bodies down.

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Police: Woman found with heroin in bra during traffic stop

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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A Slidell traffic stop led to the arrests of two people on drug charges Thursday.

Thomas Bush, 28, of Mandeville, faces possession with intent to distribute, two counts of contempt of court and failure to appear in court. Jennifer Ramirez, 36, of Slidell, faces possession with intent to distribute.

During the stop of a van at the intersection of Gause Boulevard and Interstate 10, a deputy said he noticed the female passenger, Ramirez, making movements as though she was trying to conceal something.

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One-way street proposal dropped

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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A proposal before the New Orleans City Council to convert Newcomb Boulevard into a one-way street was withdrawn Thursday, apparently ending a long-running feud between residents of that street and some of their neighbors on nearby streets.

The request had been introduced by Councilwoman Susan Guidry at the request of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration.

Newcomb Boulevard has been the subject of controversy since residents erected a fence at the Freret Street end of the four-block-long street in 2006, meaning the only access to, or exit from, the street was at St.

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Authorities looking for more suspects in murder of Reserve couple

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News
Email: pmurphy@wwltv.com | Twitter: @pmurphywwl

NEW ORLEANS -- Local, state and federal authorities gathered at New Orleans police headquarters to talk about a trail of evidence leading to Brittany Martin, 25 and Horatio Johnson, 37.

They surrendered Wednesday in St. John the Baptist Parish and are now facing two second-degree murder charges in the deaths of Laketha and Kenneth Joseph in Orleans Parish.

The couple from Reserve vanished in February and were found weeks later in the Intracoastal Waterway in New Orleans.

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State has lack of male teachers in classroom

May 8, 2014, 4:00 pm
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Antwan Harris / Eyewitness News
Email: aharris@wwltv.com | Twitter: @antwanharris

NEW ORLEANS -- A busy fourth grade class at Capdau Charter School on Canal Street is learning fractions in what seems to be a conventional classroom setting.

The only difference is their teacher is a man, which is something that is happening less in classrooms around the state.

Men make up 25 percent of teachers in the classroom nationwide, but that number is far less in Louisiana.

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Louisiana House approves $25 billion state budget

May 8, 2014, 5:01 pm
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A nearly $25 billion budget for next year that includes Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposals for new spending on health care, colleges and state worker pay won

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Watch the video St. Tammany DA Walter Reed paid his son $14,300 to produce

May 8, 2014, 5:01 pm
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Senate-House negotiators reach deal on water bill with Morganza to the Gulf authorization

May 8, 2014, 5:01 pm
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WASHINGTON -- After months of off and on negotiations, House and Senate negotiators announced agreement Thursday on a massive water resources (WRDA) bill that includes
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#BringBackOurGirls will be the center of a prayer rally on Mother's Day in Congo Square

May 8, 2014, 5:01 pm
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Millions have tweeted and protested through social media outlets with the hashtag #BringBackOurGirls in the past month advocating for the safe return of nearly 300 schoolgirls

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Oil company seeks delay in St. Tammany fracking proposal

May 8, 2014, 5:01 pm
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MANDEVILLE, LA (WVUE) -

People concerned about a fracking proposal in St. Tammany Parish have been asking for a delay - and may get one.

Helis Oil, which has proposed drilling a fracking well north of Interstate 12 near Mandeville, said it will seek a 30-day delay in cooperation with parish officials who have wanted the same thing.

If the state Department of Natural Resources grants the request, the proposal won't be considered next week, as scheduled.

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Deputy sought after beating

May 8, 2014, 5:02 pm
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A fired Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office deputy is wanted on counts of malfeasance and simple battery after she allegedly beat an inmate and then lied about it, Sheriff Marlin Gusman said Thursday.

Lateefa Marshall, 32, filed a report March 29 that claimed an unidentified female inmate in one of the tents at Orleans Parish Prison bumped into her and then spat at her, apparently necessitating physical action against the inmate, Gusman said.

However, a video of the incident shows the battery upon the inmate was “unprovoked .

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Police hold 2, seeking others in couple’s killing

May 8, 2014, 5:02 pm
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Authorities say they continue to pursue other people in connection with the February killing of Reserve couple Lakeitha and Kenneth Joseph, even as they announced the arrests Wednesday of a 25-year-old woman and a 37-year-old ex-con on suspicion of murder in a double killing that ended with a seemingly well-planned body dump into the Intracoastal Waterway in New Orleans East.

Police said arrest warrants for Brittany Martin and Horatio Johnson were issued Tuesday, and they turned themselves in the following day.

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Mayor seeks exemption for sewer board pick

May 8, 2014, 5:02 pm
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu isn’t giving up on his effort to install Cedric Grant, one of the mayor’s top deputies, as the new executive director of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, despite a state ethics board decision saying the move would be illegal.

The Louisiana Board of Ethics last month narrowly voted to advise the water board that Grant could not take the job because a state law bars members of public boards from stepping down and then taking a job with that same board within a two-year period.

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