Lara Nicholson

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Lara Nicholson

As the Gulf Coast gears up for another above-average hurricane season in 2025, federal and local leaders gathered Thursday in Gretna to highlight the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the lessons the U.S. has learned and applied in the years since.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Lara Nicholson

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2 weeks ago | nola.com | Missy Wilkinson |Justin Mitchell |Lara Nicholson

Someone needed to turn off the water. To execute Friday morning's massive jailbreak from the New Orleans jail without flooding the cell and setting off alarms, a valve in the "pump chase," a supposedly secured area located behind rows of cells, would need cranking off.  According to authorities, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance man who has worked for five years at the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office, was the man for the job.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Lara Nicholson

One of the 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center last week had previously escaped from a north Louisiana detention center in 2019, according to authorities. Antoine Massey, 32, broke out of the Morehouse Parish Detention Center in Collinston, located about 20 miles outside of Monroe, with another inmate at about 10:15 a.m. on Aug. 26, 2019.

2 weeks ago | theadvocate.com | Lara Nicholson

A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the head while fleeing a gunfight in Algiers died Friday after being taken off life support, the New Orleans coroner's office confirmed Monday. Lee'Lani Brooks was playing outside near the 2900 block of Lawrence Drive just before 2 p.m. last Monday when gunfire rang out around the 1600 block of Elizardi Boulevard.