Jenna Ross

5 days ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

WALLACE — The Whitney Plantation tells the story of slavery, one building at a time. A church, a cabin, a jail. Soon, if executive director Ashley Rogers has her way, through the plantation store. On a muggy afternoon, she and John Blokker, director of historic preservation and facilities at the 250-acre plantation, stepped inside the store, which operated until 1975. They moved left to right, front and back, discussing the repairs in progress and the work left to be done.

1 week ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

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1 week ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

A tornado touched down in Marrero on Friday night, damaging several homes and property, the National Weather Service has confirmed. A survey team found that a tornado with winds that reached 80 miles per hour briefly touched down on the southeast side of Belle Terre Playground, then headed northeast, the weather service reported Saturday. No injuries were reported. The winds flipped one shed, threw another and rolled a third on its side.

1 week ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

BRANCH — The white Jeep Wrangler sprinting down the gravel road, stirring up dust in the early morning light, bore no markings of the U.S. Postal Service. No lights, no logos. But everyone in this corner of Acadiana knew who was inside: Aleke Kanonu Jr., the only mail carrier in town. Kanonu covers 100 miles a day, a third of them dirt or gravel, delivering to more than 655 mailboxes, doorsteps and, pretty often, people's hands.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Jenna Ross

By 9 a.m., the preparations had begun. James Gonczi, owner of Liuzza's by the Track, swept up leaves and cigarette butts, readying his restaurant for the first Friday of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Brothers Pedro and Juan Rivera settled into fold-out chairs at the shady corner of Sauvage and Ponce de Leon streets where, for the past two decades, they'd sold bottled water to festival-goers walking by.