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4 stages, free music: Ozone Songwriter Festival comes to Mandeville

Continuous performances Saturday and Sunday (Oct. 20, 21) at the trailhead in Old Mandeville.

 

Here's all the blighted pools in New Orleans, ranked by neighborhood

A proposed CIty Council ordinance allows the city to charge the property owner for filling the pool, including through a debt or tax lien.

 

Man burned while trying to set fire to home of estranged wife's boyfriend: JPSO

Ernest Johnson was booked with aggravated arson after his release from the hospital.

 

Court allows Obama student loan rules to take effect; Devos must enforce them

The Trump administration and an association of for-profit colleges lost their bids to delay them.

 

Medical marijuana plants are ready for harvest, but lack of a testing lab could lead to delays

Regulatory hurdles have slowed the process making it unclear when medical cannabis will actually be commercially available in Louisiana.

 

Louisiana puts $1.7 million more toward crime victim services

The money is part of the criminal justice overhaul that took place in 2017.

 

New Orleans school temporarily closes two campuses after scabies cases confirmed: report

Administrators at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School have closed two campuses for the week after a student and teacher were diagnosed with scabies, according to a Fox 8 news report.

 

Toddler stabbed and placed in oven in Mississippi: report

The 20-month-old girl's grandmother is in custody in connection with the toddler's death.

 

Metairie oil plant clears up permit issues that challenged officials' ethics

Parish Council member, parish attorney related to lawyer whose firm represents company

 

Charges upgraded in Metairie drag-racing fatality after positive drug test: State Police

Jourdan Marchese was rebooked with vehicular homicide and first-degree vehicular negligent injuring.

 

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