Civil servant adds a royal title to his résumé
With more than three decades as a policymaker in Jefferson Parish, Elton Lagasse already boasts an impressive résumé. And Tuesday, the Parish Council chairman and former school superintendent and...
View ArticleBarry decries efforts to shelve oil lawsuit
One of the key backers of a politically charged lawsuit against nearly 100 oil and gas firms denounced legislative efforts Monday to derail the legal challenge. Author John Barry, who last year was...
View ArticleZulu royalty prepare for their big day
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - The King and Queen of Zulu arrived at Woldenberg Park aboard a Coast Guard cutter, marking the climax of the Krewe of Zulu's daylong Lundi Gras celebration on the city's...
View ArticleSacramento comfortable for Pels’ Evans
“Now that I’m back in the starting lineup, I’m going to try to play hard every night and get it going.” TYREKE EVANS, Pelicans swingman SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tyreke Evans returned to Sacramento, where...
View ArticleGraham’s franchise tag set at $7.05 million
The NFL has formally designated New Orleans’ Jimmy Graham as a tight end for the purposes of his franchise tag value, which is now set at $7.05 million next season unless Graham and the Saints...
View ArticleLandrieu hands keys to city to Rex
Dennis Woltering / Eyewitness News Email: dwoltering@wwltv.com | Twitter: @dwoltering NEW ORLEANS -- It began with two big royal arrivals on the riverfront. First there was King Zulu and Queen Zulu,...
View ArticleCold weather doesn't stop crowds on Lundi Gras
Jaclyn Kelley / Eyewitness News Email: jkelley@wwltv.com | Twitter: @jkelleyWWL NEW ORLEANS -- The cold, windy weather didn't keep parade goers away this Lundi Gras. Hundreds of excited revelers lined...
View ArticleJefferson Parish officials rapped for botching hospitals lease
In a new editorial, CityBusiness knocks Jefferson Parish officials for botching the effort to lease East Jefferson General Hospital and West Jefferson Medical Center to
View ArticlePelicans drop eighth straight
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — DeMarcus Cousins had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Isaiah Thomas scored 22 and the Sacramento Kings beat the slumping New Orleans Pelicans 96-89 on Monday night. Behind the scoring...
View ArticleMardi Gras 2014 will be a cold and wet day
NEW ORLEANS, LA (WVUE) - Fox 8 meteorologist Bruce Katz says that we'll begin this Mardi Gras morning with clouds thickening & lowering ahead of another fast moving upper disturbance. Rain will be...
View ArticleRex, Zulu and Argus lead day’s festivities
The big day is finally here, with wall-to-wall parades, preceded by the historic walking clubs of New Orleans — the Jefferson City Buzzards, the Lyons Club, the Corner Club, Pete Fountain’s Half-Fast...
View ArticleArthur Hardy: Rex, Zulu, Argus lead day’s festivities
The big day is finally here, with wall-to-wall parades, preceded by the historic walking clubs of New Orleans — the Jefferson City Buzzards, the Lyons Club, the Corner Club, Pete Fountain’s Half-Fast...
View ArticleLegislators to judge lawsuit against Big Oil: John Maginnis
Before the Legislature convenes on Monday, hundreds if not thousands of citizens will amass at the Capitol steps and grounds for a festival that will be
View ArticleWith vote nearing on flood insurance bill, conservative groups and Wall...
WASHINGTON -- With a vote slated as early as Tuesday night on a bill averting most large increases in flood insurance premiums, conservative groups, joined by
View ArticleForum for St. Tammany Parish coroner candidates set for March 12 in Slidell
The Military Road Alliance and St. Tammany Parish Councilman Gene Bellisario will hold a forum for the candidates running for coroner on March 12 at
View ArticleSummary of flood insurance bill now on House floor
WASHINGTON - Here is a summary of the bipartisan flood insurance legislation scheduled to be voted on Tuesday night by the House of Representatives. It was
View ArticleCongressional Budget Office says flood insurance bill won't add to the deficit
WASHINGTON -- A new report by the Congressional Budget Office says new House legislation designed to avert big flood insurance premium increases for some policyholders won't
View ArticleRep. Scalise reassures GOP that voting for flood insurance bill is 'only...
WASHINGTON -- With a vote on a House bill to avert large increases in flood insurance premiums scheduled for Tuesday evening, Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, sent
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