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*NOLA.com is reporting that a Mother’s Day second-line shooting in New Orleans’ 7th Ward, on Sunday afternoon left 19 people injured, according to the latest NOPD numbers. Earlier Sunday afternoon, NOPD officer said that about 12 people had been injured, but the toll later grew to 19, with the NOPD explaining that some victims initially [...]
*New Orleans – Food, arts and crafts and New Orleans music and dance were all part of the festivities that people enjoyed on Thursday, April 25th. People United for Armstrong Park, presented “Jazz in the Park” and Marketplace in Louis Armstrong Park,801 N. Rampart Street. This fun and popular cultural event featured musical performances and [...]
Normally when you think of men running around drinking, taking drugs, and carrying guns, you might think of a club in L.A. But the latest video footage didn’t catch any professional athletes or entertainers in the back of the club, it revealed one of the nation’s tax based country clubs…prison. Orleans Parish Prison in New [...]
*Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has pleaded not guilty to charges he accepted bribes, free trips and other gratuities in exchange for helping contractors secure millions of dollars in work for the city. U.S. Magistrate Sally Shushan set Nagin’s bond at $100,000 during his arraignment Wednesday on charges that include bribery, wire fraud and [...]
*Lil Wayne’s skate park project in the city’s rebuilding Lower 9th Ward has rolled right into some red tape. The building that houses the park didn’t pass a city electrical inspection and had to be re-wired, and only a handful of children are able to skate at a time because of a shortage of staffing, [...]
*You can add the Essence Music Festival to Beyonce’s packed schedule this year. On the heels of her Super Bowl halftime show at the Superdome in New Orleans, she’ll return to the same venue to headline one of three night concerts during the annual event, which is set for the Fourth of July weekend. Beyonce [...]
*“Good Morning America” anchor Robin Roberts will return to her New Orleans hometown on Friday for the first time since recovering from a bone marrow transplant.. The occasion is “GMA’s” Super Tailgate Party from the city hosting Sunday’s Super Bowl. Tim McGraw, Emeril and Drew Brees are the featured guests. A week ago, Roberts slipped [...]
*Grammy award winning singer and songwriter, Le’Andria Johnson is set to join forces with Lindy’s Place Inc., Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church, and WYLD-AM (New Orleans) for “A Gospel Music Extravaganza” celebrating Lindy’s Place’s 20 years of empowering women. Johnson, who just released “Le’Andria Johnson The Experience,” has been away from the stage [...]
*Some people pride themselves on being a functional alcoholic or drug user. They take a sip, smoke and/or sniff during lunch and go right back to work. Some may get a hit right at their desk, but how about during court? Jason Cantrell, 43, is, oops! was, an assistant city attorney for New Orleans when [...]
*Co-creator David Simon will get his wish to finish his New Orleans-based series “Treme” in four seasons… well, 3.5 seasons. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] During a screening for the show’s production staff last night in New Orleans on the eve of the show’s third season premiere on Sunday, Simon announced that the post-Hurricane Katrina [...]
*Life’s tough for criminal rappers like B.G. The former Cash Money artist and founding member of Hot Boys who is going to jail for 14 years for crimes including felony gun possession and witness tampering. “At the end of the day, I possessed a firearm and I was a convicted felon,” he said in his [...]
*Oh there he goes again, causing a ruckus at a local New Orleans bar. Cuba Gooding, Jr. was caught in a drunken rage again on Tuesday morning, telling the bartender that “New Orleans disowns you” as she pushed him out. Photos show the actor having a yelling match with a brunette lady bartender outside of [...]
*A rep for Cuba Gooding Jr. says the actor met with New Orleans police this morning and no longer has a warrant for his arrest, reports TMZ. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The warrant was issued after Gooding was accused of roughing up a female bartender at The Old Absinthe House on Bourbon Street early [...]
Just in case you missed the 2012 Essence Music Festival, check out the photos. Enjoy!
*What a great day! Let’s begin with the wonderful 365Black Awards presented by McDonald’s. First of all, let’s talk about these phenomenal kids doing true service to mankind. Since it’s Essence weekend and it’s all about the ladies, teenage anti-violence activist Mary Pat Hector is the Shirley Chisolm of this generation. That girl is passionate [...]
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