Vehicle attacks are difficult to prevent — but New Orleans fell short, experts say
The city has 700-pound steel barriers but did not put them on Bourbon Street until a day after the attack, which the lieutenant governor called “a complete failure of responsibility.” ...
Louisiana Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser analyzes state recovery following deadly attack on Bourbon Street
KSLA’s Miracle Garrett talked one-on-one with the lieutenant governor on how the state recovers from the tragedy.
New Orleans officials were warned in 2019 that Bourbon Street was vulnerable to car-ramming attack
New Orleans city leaders were warned in a 2019 confidential physical security assessment that Bourbon Street was vulnerable ...
New Orleans' 700-pound anti-vehicle barriers weren't deployed ahead of ramming attack
The City of Chicago has a $2 million contract for the yellow Archer barriers, which were deployed Friday outside Wrigley ...
Read the Report on Security in New Orleans
These are pages from a 2019 security assessment of the French Quarter in New Orleans. The report makes a number of ...
Building collapse on Magazine Street prompts demolition, power cuts, and business closures
Entergy says an outage is planned for the area near the building located in the 1700 block of Magazine Street.
The French Quarter’s metal barriers were gone on New Year’s Day, leaving a critical security gap
On New Year’s Eve, the bollards protecting New Orleans' Bourbon Street were gone, being replaced ahead of the Super Bowl, ...
New Orleans had top-of-the-line barriers to prevent car attacks — but didn't use them on New Year's
The city bought the 700-pound steel Archer barriers in 2017 and previously used them to protect crowded streets during Mardi ...
Barricades were supposed to keep Bourbon Street revelers safe. Here’s why they didn’t
Throngs of New Year’s Day revelers packed in the city’s bustling French Quarter had no strong barriers to protect them from ...
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Native Americans in NWLA traded ancient salt from Saline Bayou; now you can camp near the site
There are many salt "licks" along Saline Bayou, but the most famous of the licks used by immigrants to the New World was ...
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Blake Pontchartrain: The history of Hoffman Triangle in Central City in New Orleans
The Hoffman Triangle in Central City takes its name from the John W. Hoffman school, which was a landmark in the area for ...
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Blake Pontchartrain: The history of Hoffman Triangle in Central City
The Hoffman Triangle in Central City takes its name from the John W. Hoffman school, which was a landmark in the area for ...