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Political and religious leaders in New Orleans celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday on Monday with a march through Central City and speeches honoring the late civil rights icon.
Three years ago, a jury convicted Michael Willis, 51, on a slew of drug-related charges, but it hopelessly hanged when weighing whether Willis was responsible for the second-degree murder of 41-year-old Branden Pelot, who overdosed Jan. 22, 2018 on fentanyl-laced heroin sold by Willis.
Daphney Jackson, 26, was convicted in August of manslaughter and aggravated assault.
Leon Roché II won a seat on the Orleans Parish Criminal District Court bench, beating out his opponent, Melanie Talia, with 66% of the vote.
With early voting set to start on Saturday (Sept. 30), it’s now-or-never time in this season’s campaign cycle. Many mainstream candidates in the race for governor campaigned in metro New Orleans on Tuesday (Sept. 26). Five candidates — Sharon Hewitt, Hunter Lundy, John Schroder, Stephen Waguespack and Shawn Wilson — participated in a morning forum […]