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L’Observateur · Vacherie, LA
Nearby: Vacherie, LAWhat began as a small custom hat business operating out of a laundry room has grown into a storefront in Vacherie, where local entrepreneurs Ryan and Montana Peltier are turning their love of the South Louisiana outdoors into a business of their own. Swamp Authority, located at 22140 LA 20, Suite D, recently celebrated its grand opening, marking a new chapter for the couple and their business. Montana Peltier said the business started with Da Swamp Hat Co., making custom hats from their home before eventually expanding into something much bigger. “Swamp Authority actually started with something much smaller — Da Swamp Hat Co. What began as making custom hats out of our laundry room slowly grew into something we never imagined.” Peltier said.
Biz New Orleans · New Orleans, LA
Nearby: New Orleans, LAALEXANDRIA, La. — Gov. Jeff Landry and ConnectLA have announced approximately $18 million in ÉTOUFFÉE awards at the Louisiana Digital Skills and Technology Summit. Through a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Apple, 11 Louisiana organizations that provide adult education and workforce development will receive more than 25,000 Mac and iPad devices to make digital opportunities more accessible to Louisianians. Three Greater New Orleans-area organizations are among the recipients: Southern University at New Orleans, Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond and Bastion Veterans Wellness Center in New Orleans. Their participation will help expand access to digital technology and workforce training in the region. “We’re bringing high-speed internet to rural Louisiana and attracting new jobs across our state.
NOLA.com · New Orleans, LA
Nearby: New Orleans, LANew Orleans area voters will head for the polls today to vote Louisiana's representatives in Congress, the state Public Service Commission, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and dozens of municipal races. There are also several statewide constitutional amendments. Below is a listing of all candidates, amendments and propositions in the New Orleans metro area. Party Affiliations D = Democratic R = Republican NP = No Party L = Libertarian O = Other U.S. Senator "Jamie" Davis, D Julia Letlow, R Constitutional Amendments Amendment 1 To allow the surviving spouse of a deceased disabled veteran to make a one-time transfer of their extra property tax exemption to another qualifying property. Amendment 2 To allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year's reassessment.
Hoodline · Algiers, LA
Nearby: Algiers, LAA New Orleans courtroom is hearing a case stemming from a 2018 shooting on General De Gaulle Drive in Algiers. Dermell Lewis and Corey Major are on trial on charges tied to the shooting of Corey Juluke; an earlier trial ended with jurors deadlocked. A trial over the May 24, 2018, shooting was underway in New Orleans, according to nola.com. Prosecutors presented evidence of 19 assault-rifle rounds and additional shots from a .40-caliber handgun. Juluke's Testimony at 2024 Trial: Lewis Wasn't the Shooter At the 2024 trial, Corey Juluke testified, “I saw who shot me, and it wasn't Dermell Lewis,” according to nola.com's account. Juluke said he had known Lewis for 35 years; both were 7th Ward natives. Juluke's reluctance to name his alleged shooters became a central issue in the case. Prosecutors attributed his reluctance to his criminal past. Juluke reportedly said, “If I die, tell my brother Slim shot me,” and escaped the ambush by jumping into another vehicle.
NOLA.com · Algiers, LA
Nearby: Algiers, LAA brazen gun battle in Algiers eight years ago played out in late-afternoon traffic and left dozens of people “trapped in the middle of gunfire on General de Gaulle Drive,” a prosecutor said Monday. “In the moment, people were just thinking about getting out alive,” Assistant Attorney General Daniel Smart told a jury as a retrial got underway for two men accused in the violence. Smart said defendant Dermell Lewis ran down the busy street firing rounds from two rifles, an SKS and an AK-47, one in each hand. When one jammed, he pulled out a .40-caliber pistol as alleged accomplice Corey Major kept pace in a white truck, Smart said. Prosecutors said a white truck and a Toyota Camry pulled up beside Corey Juluke in traffic, and Lewis and others fired 19 rounds at him. “This wasn’t a carjacking. This wasn’t a robbery. This was an assassination attempt,” said Smart. The problem for prosecutors: Juluke, 55, claims otherwise. “I saw a person I never saw before shooting me.
New Orleans Magazine · Algiers, LA
Nearby: Algiers, LANEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Louisiana SPCA, in partnership with the New Orleans Health Department and other community organizations, will host One Health New Orleans on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its New Orleans campus, 1700 Mardi Gras Blvd. in Algiers. Held in recognition of National One Health Week, the annual community wellness event brings free and affordable preventive health services for people and pets together in one location. By connecting families with essential care and community resources, the event aims to reduce financial and logistical barriers that can prevent people and their animals from receiving routine health services. Walgreens is expected to provide free human vaccinations, while the Louisiana SPCA will offer free rabies, DHPP and Bordetella vaccinations for dogs and rabies and FVRCP vaccinations for cats. Pet owners residing outside Orleans and Plaquemines parishes will need to purchase rabies licensing through their respective parishes.