A fire severely damaged a vacant home in the Dillard neighborhood early Friday (June 24), the New Orleans Fire Department reported. The NOFD described the fire as “very suspicious.” The cause remains under investigation. The NOFD received a 911 call...
The New Orleans Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for a 73-year-old woman in the fatal shooting of her husband, Jimmie Jimerson, 75, in Gentilly Terrace. The suspect is currently hospitalized with gunshot wounds in the same shooting. On...
Advertiser's Message / business / Environment & Coast Preservation / Sustainability
by James Phelps · Published June 16, 2022
Over the past decade, Propeller has awarded more than $200,000 to entrepreneurs through its PitchNOLA Series. Propeller and Thrive New Orleans announced that this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize and Audience Favorite Award will be awarded to Fabian Harper from...
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Velveteen Lounge & Restaurant opened in May as a new anchor for the Bayou Road corridor in the former home of Pirogue’s, the popular neighborhood bar and restaurant that shut its doors in 2020. The restaurant...
A fire severely damaged a vacant home in the Dillard neighborhood early Friday (June 24), the New Orleans Fire Department reported. The NOFD described the fire as “very suspicious.” The cause remains under investigation. The NOFD received a 911 call...
The New Orleans Police Department has obtained an arrest warrant for a 73-year-old woman in the fatal shooting of her husband, Jimmie Jimerson, 75, in Gentilly Terrace. The suspect is currently hospitalized with gunshot wounds in the same shooting. On...
Advertiser's Message / business / Environment & Coast Preservation / Sustainability
by James Phelps · Published June 16, 2022
Over the past decade, Propeller has awarded more than $200,000 to entrepreneurs through its PitchNOLA Series. Propeller and Thrive New Orleans announced that this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize and Audience Favorite Award will be awarded to Fabian Harper from...
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Velveteen Lounge & Restaurant opened in May as a new anchor for the Bayou Road corridor in the former home of Pirogue’s, the popular neighborhood bar and restaurant that shut its doors in 2020. The restaurant...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist With two unexpected deaths in less than a week and an ongoing staffing crisis that — in her own words — has “destabilized” the Orleans Justice Center, Sheriff Susan Hutson must have quickly realized that...
community meetings / neighborhood groups / public safety
by Gentilly Messenger · Published June 14, 2022
By Jackie Galli, Gentilly Messenger Bianka Lebeouf was putting up fliers this weekend with her children for a neighborhood public safety meeting when she heard gunshots. One of the shots she heard resulted in a man’s death. Those gunshots were...
Walter Bradix, 35, was arrested Saturday (June 11) in Jefferson Parish in a connections with a shooting that injured a woman in Gentilly, the New Orleans Police Department reported. The shooting occurred at 8:40 p.m. the same day in the...
The Clerk’s Office consists of two divisions – Land Records and Civil. Our Civil Division is where civil cases — such as personal injury, accidents, successions and foreclosures — are filed. Domestic matters, such as divorce and child support, are...
A man was fatally shot in the Gentilly Woods area on Thursday (June 9), the New Orleans Police Department reported. Around 7:50 p.m., officers responded to a call reporting shots fired in the 4900 block of Press Drive. Upon arrival,...
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The St. Anthony Green Streets project hosted one of their biggest events yet on Tuesday evening (June 7) — an “art parade” to engage the community about the remodels coming to the streets and parks...
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist Many New Orleanians would agree that Mayor LaToya Cantrell is pugnacious, uncompromising and used to getting what she wants. She seemed set on launching a controversial project that was supposed to increase internet connectivity while...
The New Orleans Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying and locating a person of interest, seen at left, in the ongoing investigation of a shooting that occurred on May 28 at the intersection of Elysian Fields Avenue and Agriculture...
