More
Home » Mayor s Office » News » February 2021 » New Orleans Health Department Partners with NOPD to Officially Add Question of Firearm Possession to Mayor s Office
February 19, 2021
New Orleans Health Department Partners with NOPD to Officially Add Question of Firearm Possession to Domestic Violence Police Reports
NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Health Department’s Domestic Violence Program today announced its partnership with the New Orleans Police Department to add a fifth risk question on the Department’s electronic police report that directs patrol officers and asks all victims about the presence and possession of firearms at every domestic violence incident.
“The ability to add this risk question is a direct result of collaboration between advocates and criminal justice partners,” said
Provided
Feb. 18, 2021
Main Squeeze Juice Co., a New Orleans-based juice and smoothie bar whose ownership group includes New Orleans Saints punter Thomas Morstead, has opened a storefront with a production facility in Cypress, Texas. The dual-purpose venture is the first of its kind for Main Squeeze and is owned by the multi-unit franchisee duo of Marc Miller and Jeff and Tabitha Drost. We were excited to work with the Main Squeeze team on this new concept and to see it come together and be completed is an incredible feeling, Drost said in a company press release. As business partners, we are always looking at how we can streamline processes, and this production facility will help us better supply our locations and provide the freshest and highest-quality products possible to the local communities.
Texas utility crews race to restore power as another icy storm looms MarketWatch 2/17/2021
ASSOCIATED PRESS
AUSTIN, Texas Utility crews raced Wednesday to restore power to nearly 3.4 million customers around the U.S. who were still without electricity or heat in the aftermath of a deadly winter storm while another blast of ice and snow threatened to sow more chaos.
The latest storm front was certain to complicate recovery efforts, especially in states that are unaccustomed to such frigid weather parts of Texas, Arkansas and the Lower Mississippi Valley.
“There’s really no letup to some of the misery people are feeling across that area,” said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service, referring to Texas.
The latest storm front was expected to bring more hardship, especially to states that are unaccustomed to such frigid weather parts of Texas, Arkansas and the Lower Mississippi Valley