by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 29, 2021 · Last modified September 7, 2021
The National Hurricane Center reported Sunday at 6 a.m. that Hurricane Ida is an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm expected to make landfall in southeastern Louisiana later today. Reports from a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate...
Hurricane Ida will be a dangerous and life-threatening storm, city, state and national public safety officials said Saturday in a mid-day briefing. Ida is still expected to make landfall west of New Orleans on Sunday afternoon as a Category 4...
Two violent crimes, a shooting and a stabbing, were reported within a block of each other in the St. Bernard neighborhood on Friday (Aug. 27). The shooting occurred at about 7:20 p.m. The victim was fighting with another man at...
By Kristine Froeba, opinion columnist No matter the crisis — pandemic, plague, zombie apocalypse or, even worse, a Cat 3 barreling toward the mouth of the Mississippi — New Orleanians never lose their sense of humor. The world might just...
by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 20, 2021 · Last modified August 23, 2021
To give voters a chance to learn the policies, platforms and personal attributes their City Council candidates plan to bring to the office, Gentilly Messenger has sent questionnaires to the 10 District D candidates. They will be published in the...
In continuation of our virtual exhibits, we invite you to join us in exploring benevolent societies and social aid clubs in New Orleans. Our blog will feature a sampling of charters and notarial acts related to local benevolent societies and...
Organizers of the National Fried Chicken Festival announced that the festival slated for Oct. 23-24 on the Lakefront has been canceled. The organizers released the following statement: We have made the difficult decision to cancel the 2021 festival. We look...
From Dillard University Dillard University President Walter Kimbrough has informed the university’s Board of Trustees that the 2021-22 school year will be his last as leader of the 152-year-old historically Black institution of higher learning. Entering his 10th year at...
By Daniel Schwalm and Domonique Tolliver Universities in New Orleans are shifting their COVID guidelines as the Delta variant becomes more prevalent. The University of New Orleans is now requiring masks indoors for everyone, vaccinated or not. “This may seem...
The NOPD’s Violent Offender Warrant Squad and the U.S. Marshals on Thursday (Aug. 5) arrested Mekaill Harris, 22, in the investigation of a homicide on June 28 in the St. Bernard area. At 4:23 p.m., NOPD Third District officers responded...
During the investigation of a 7th Ward homicide, suspect Joshua Blancher confessed to a July 21 shooting in the Gentilly Terrace neighborhood, the New Orleans Police Department said Aug. 3. After his arrest in connection with a homicide on July...
New Orleans police have arrested Damon Rideau, 31, in the investigation of a homicide that occurred earlier today (July 29) at Franklin Avenue and Sage Street. The suspect and victim were both employees of S&WB, the NOPD said. Rideau had...
