The government should make FEMA turn over records of residents of its trailers and trailer parks to New Orleans police and other agencies investigating crime in the area, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu said. The proposal is part of a 10-point …
It took only four hours for a Louisiana grand jury to charge the owners of St. Rita’s Nursing home – where 35 people died in post-Hurricane Katrina flooding – on charges of negligent homicide and cruelty to the infirm. The …
Suspicious fires involving LeFlore County (Okla.) Commissioner Carroll Rogers have led to a criminal investigation, according to a probable cause affidavit. The FBI, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the state fire marshal’s office, searched his home in Spiro …
National Guard troops and state police will patrol New Orleans through December, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said at a recent summit of law enforcement officials and crime experts called to address a spate of killings marring the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. …
Two new Louisiana laws giving insurance policyholders more time to sue their insurers or file claims over damage from hurricanes Katrina and Rita are constitutional, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled Aug. 25. The unanimous ruling, less than 12 hours after …
The cars, still streaked with mud from the floodwaters that covered them, many with broken windows, sprung doors and missing hoods, have mostly been removed from New Orleans streets. Now they will be removed from under the overpasses and empty …
