Daily Archives: June 8, 2022

Marigny bar surveillance video shows moments leading up to shooting, residents react

By Shay O’Connor | WDSU | June 8, 2022 New Orleans had a violent start on Tuesday night. At least three shootings overnight. One along Louisa Street where one man was shot, another shooting along Aviators Street where a man and woman were hit. One also along Franklin Avenue and Royal Street in front of…

Guest column: New Orleans leaders need to stop deterioration of the city, now

By Gregory Rusovich | The Advocate | June 8, 2022 “The French Quarter is disgusting,” shouted a recent Times-Picayune headline quoting a local worker. For years, French Quarter residents and leaders have been howling about the crumbling streets, pervading stench, aggressive panhandlers, uncontrolled homelessness, rampant graffiti, a general sense of lawlessness and surging violent crime.…