Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in New Orleans, from a homeless man pleading guilty to graffiti charges to a local elementary school facing closure.
After months in jail with $10K bail for New Orleans graffiti, homeless man pleads guilty
A homeless man who spent 80 days in jail after he was accused of writing graffiti on the wall of a Central Business District drugstore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor Tuesday, resolving a case that drew attention from civil rights lawyers because of his $10,000 bail.
Read the full story on the New Orleans Advocate.
Students at school slated for closure face yet another hurdle: no bathrooms
Plumbing contractors were digging up Edgar P. Harney elementary school’s lush front lawn on Willow Street Tuesday afternoon while a portable toilet trailer sat on the school’s blacktop playground along busy Claiborne Avenue.
Read the full story on The Lens.
Man, woman stabbed outside a Canal Street church Thursday morning, NOPD says
A man and a woman were both stabbed outside a church on Canal Street in Mid-City on Thursday morning, leading to the arrest of a third person, New Orleans police said.
Read the full story on the New Orleans Advocate.
2019 New Orleans Saints draft prospects: Irv Smith
The New Orleans Saints tight ends accounted for a meager 17% of the team's passing game production in 2018. Ben Watson, Josh Hill, and Dan Arnold combined for just 63 receptions for 735 yards and 4 touchdowns last season, with the since retired Watson responsible for 35 of those catches and 400 of the yards.
Read the full story on the Canal Street Chronicles.
Widner 'Flow' Degruy's mother testifies against him, details New Orleans East double murder
Chantell Edwards walked slowly into a New Orleans courtroom on Wednesday and began weeping before she made it to the witness stand.
Read the full story on the New Orleans Advocate.
