By The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 9:45AM By Brendan McCarthy and Laura Maggi, staff writers and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica Henry Glover’s burned remains were found weeks after Hurricane Katrina inside an...
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New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees may reign over the biggest Bacchus ever during Mardi Gras
February 13, 2010
By Keith Spera, The Times-Picayune February 13, 2010, 9:05AM drew brees parade square pass boyd.jpgG. Andrew Boyd / The Times-PicayuneDrew Brees tosses a Bacchus football during the Saints’ victory parade in New Orleans
Mardi Gras today: Saturday, Feb. 13, 2010
February 13, 2010
By Times-Picayune Staff February 13, 2010, 1:00AM Uptown Mardi Gras parades: The Times-PicayuneHands reach out for beads during the Krewe of Iris parade. Iris, 11 a.m.
By Times-Picayune Staff February 08, 2010, 6:43PM An inmate who escaped from the Orleans Parish jail just hours before the Super Bowl on Sunday was recaptured Monday afternoon, a spokesman for Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman...
Kenner police book woman in Wednesday’s fatal crash on I-10
February 11, 2010
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, The Times-Picayune February 11, 2010, 8:44AM carol-banks.jpegCarol Banks, 62 A 62-year-old woman accused of causing a car crash that killed three people in Kenner on Wednesday was booked with three...
Super Bowl victory has Who Dat Nation feeling the love
February 9, 2010
By Bruce Nolan, The Times-Picayune February 09, 2010, 7:13AM John Pope and Bruce Nolan wrote this story. saints-fans-reggie-bush.JPGTed Jackson / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Saint Reggie Bush jumps into the stands at Sun...
By Mary Sparacello, The Times-Picayune February 08, 2010, 3:56PM The Super Bowl champions New Orleans Saints flew home Monday afternoon to find a throng of shrieking fans at Louis Armstrong International Airport....
By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 6:01PM Craig Codina, a multiple DWI offender from Destrehan, pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular homicide and third-offense DWI in connection with two separate Metairie
New Orleans Saints fan James Carville talking up Big Easy
February 5, 2010
By Jeff Duncan, The Times-Picayune February 05, 2010, 1:00AM FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – If there is such a thing as a Who Dat prototype, James Carville would be it. The Ragin’ Cajun is witty, passionate, colorful and
By Nakia Hogan, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 6:00AM MIAMI – Calm and calculating, Sean Payton moves through the ballroom of a downtown hotel. Occasionally, between strides, he nods at well-wishers and slaps...
By Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune February 04, 2010, 7:15AM Michael DeMocker / The Times-PicayuneA New Orleans police officer examines the body of a man shot to death Wednesday in the 1300 block of France Street as...
While awaiting trial for murder, New Orleans man gets life sentence for past crimes
February 3, 2010
By Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune February 03, 2010, 11:53AM clifford-pierce.jpgOrleans Criminal Sheriff’s DepartmentClifford G. PierceAn Orleans Parish judge has sentenced Clifford Pierce, 35, to life in prison...
Drew Brees has everything but a Super Bowl ring
February 3, 2010
By Nakia Hogan, The Times-Picayune February 03, 2010, 6:00AM MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. Â- On the surface, it appears New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has it all — a multi-million-dollar contract, a stately Uptown
Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies stumble across methamphetamine lab and sleeping suspect
February 3, 2010
By Michelle Hunter, The Times-Picayune February 02, 2010, 6:15PM Authorities looking to arrest a suspect wanted for auto theft stumbled across a methamphetamine lab operating out of a Metairie apartment Saturday afternoon....
Murder warrants issued in death of Harvey handyman
February 3, 2010
By Allen Powell II, The Times Picayune February 02, 2010, 4:00PM The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is searching for two men in connection with the murder of a Harvey handyman inside his home Friday, and have already
New Orleans Saints NFC championship tickets warrant jail pass for Jefferson Parish inmate
February 1, 2010
By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune February 01, 2010, 6:00PM A 24th Judicial District Court magistrate released a Metairie man from jail for two days last month so he could attend the Jan. 24 NFC championship game....
Orleans Parish grand jury indicts three in connection with four New Orleans homicides
February 1, 2010
By Bob Ross, The Times-Picayune January 30, 2010, 2:00AM An Orleans Parish grand jury on Friday indicted three people in connection with four homicides, all of which happened in recent months, authorities said. Bryan Hill,...
Metairie man admits supplying co-worker’s fatal heroin
January 31, 2010
By Drew Broach, The Times-Picayune January 29, 2010, 11:45PM A Metairie man who supplied the heroin that killed his restaurant co-worker during Carnival 2008 has pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and...