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Danae Columbus, Uptown Messenger Appeals Court Judge Tiffany Chase administers the oath of office Monday, Dec. 28, to Justice Piper Griffin, newly elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Griffin’s formal investiture will take place late in January. As a newly elected Louisiana Supreme Court Associate Justice, Piper Griffin takes the bench on Monday (Jan. 4), she said she is humbled by the overwhelming support from the community. “I want to thank the people of New Orleans for the opportunity to be of service and the trust they place in me for such an important position,” Griffin said.  ...

She died of complications of coronavirus infection, said Tommye Myrick, a friend and local theater director. “Among actors in New Orleans, there was Carol Sutton - and there was everybody else,” said David Cuthbert, a retired Times-Picayune critic. “She opened her mouth, and out came truth. Wherever she was on stage, that was center stage.” After making her acting debut in the late 1960s in Dashiki Project Theatre productions, Sutton appeared on stages around the city in productions such as “The Last Madam,” “Native Tongues” and “A Raisin in the Su...