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Crimestoppers enlists barber shops in fight against crime
Mon 13 Aug, 2012
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 1:35 | 401 views
NEW ORLEANS - Crimestoppers is partnering with 13 local barbershops on New Orleans' east and west banks and as far out as St. Tammany in an attempt to curb violent crime. The crime-fighting organization known for offering cash rewards for information leading to arrests, said it realized that barbers are non-traditional heroes in the community and that they can help get information out to the public. "Any crime that happens in the area of my shop, the information comes into my shop before police get the info
Exclusive: Legislator's billed hours questioned; state, federal probes launched
Thu 16 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 4:15 | 50 views
David Hammer / Eyewitness News Email: dhammer@wwltv.com | Twitter: @davidhammerWWL NEW ORLEANS -- The state launched an investigation this week after Eyewitness Investigates questioned the hours billed to taxpayers by an employee of a state housing program - a subcontract employee who is also a state legislator. State Rep. Girod Jackson, D-Harvey, got Ethics Board approval in February 2012 to work as a project manager on the state's Small Rental Property Program, as long as he didn't deal directly with stat
Ex-JP official claims Young hiding truth about workplace harassment
Thu 16 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 2:12 | 16 views
Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Email: pmurphy@wwltv.com | Twitter: @pmurphywwl JEFFERSON, La. -- A former Jefferson Parish department head is accusing JP President John Young of hiding the truth about her sexual harassment claims. Wednesday, former Emergency Preparedness Director Heather Hilliard appeared before the parish council. She claims her boss at the time, Deputy Chief Operating Officer Richard Hart, subjected her to a pattern of workplace harassment. "I complained over 25 times in writing about the
Recall effort against St. Tammany coroner officially underway
Thu 16 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 2:22 | 7 views
Ashley Rodrigue / Eyewitness News Email: arodrigue@wwltv.com | Twitter: @ashleyrwwl BATON ROUGE, La. -- The stroke of a pen started the 180-day countdown in the effort to recall the St. Tammany Parish Coroner. Good-government advocate group Concerned Citizens of St. Tammany (CCST) got the Secretary of State's stamp of approval in Baton Rouge Wednesday. Now the goal is to get a third of the Northshore parish's registered voters, almost 54,000 people, to sign as well to get a recall election on the ballot. "I
Action Report: Neighbors still mad about cluttered Venetian Isles lot 10 months later
Thu 16 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 1:57 | 10 views
Bill Capo / Eyewitness News Email: bcapo@wwltv.com | Twitter: @billcapo NEW ORLEANS -- The property in Venetian Isles is covered with piles of construction materials. And neighbors are fed up with living next to it. "It looks like a junk yard," Mickey Tureaud said. "I mean, I don't know what else. It's a junk yard." "It's embarrassing when people come to visit and you have this mess for them to see," Marguerite Guarino added. "And the main thing I worry about is when my grand daughters are visiting, because
State submits new plan to help Road Home recipients complete rebuilding
Thu 16 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 1:53 | 4 views
David Hammer / Eyewitness News Email: dhammer@wwltv.com | Twitter: @davidhammerWWL NEW ORLEANS -- The state presented plans Wednesday to help certain Road Home grantees with additional grants and loans, as well as one-on-one assistance with their case files, offering a rare bright spot for still-struggling homeowners. "People should know that they might be able to get some more help from Road Home and that's a really exciting moment," said M.A. Sheehan from the Lower 9th Ward Homeowners Association. "It won
Mentally disabled man dies of injuries after attempt to pilfer steaks
Wed 15 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 6:24 | 12 views
Mike Perlstein / Eyewitness News Email: mperlstein@wwltv.com | Twitter: @mperlstein CHALMETTE, La. - Norbert Gallego was a simple man who lived a simple life. Illiterate and mentally disabled, possessing the mental capacity of a 12-year-old, Gallego lived off of modest social security benefits. He once worked as a horse-walker at the racetrack, but that was many years ago, family and friends said. "He was listed as disabled, but he meant well," longtime friend Kenny Lachne said. "He held a good conversation
Plan to generate tourism dollars through hotel charge stirs debate
Wed 15 May, 2013
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans 1:58 | 4 views
Scott Satchfield / Eyewitness News Email: ssatchfield@wwltv.com | Twitter: @satchfield NEW ORLEANS -- It's a push to pump millions of dollars into tourism marketing for New Orleans through a proposed surcharge on hotel guests' bills. As state lawmakers consider Senate Bill 242, the "hotel assessment measure," the Bureau of Governmental Research is questioning the plan in a new report. "This is a decision that really should be made locally and after giving consideration to all the needs on a comprehensive ba