A superseding indictment charged three more people in connection with an insurance fraud scheme involving staged accidents. Mario Solomon, 48, of New Orleans, Larry Williams, 46, of New Orleans, and Genetta Isreal, 51, of Houston were charged in the federal indictment on Thursday. Damiank Labeaud, Lucinda Thomas, Mary Wade, Judy Williams and Dashontae Young were…… More
A public hearing held Thursday drew frustration and anger over New Orleans’ unreliable and out-of-service ferries. Councilmember Kristen Palmer, who represents Algiers, called the hearing after she said the RTA repeatedly missed deadlines it set to return the Canal St/ Algiers ferry to service. Palmer has been documenting the most recent, ongoing outage with a…… More