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Black teen prodigy becomes the first Monroe, Louisiana Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders

May 25, 2022 - 10:55 AM Nationwide — Valaysia Smith, a 15-year-old from Ouachita Parish in Monroe Louisiana, is making her mark in history as the first from her hometown to receive the Congress of Future Medical Leaders Award of Excellence. Smith was chosen to be a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders based on her superior academic achievement, leadership potential, and determination to serve humanity in the field of medicine. The honor was issued by The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. The Congress is an honors-only program for high school students who want to b...

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

May 10, 2022 - 05:25 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the state Constitution provision allowing non-unanimous jury convictions was racially motivated — and whether the now-banned policy must be applied retroactively. An attorney for the state said the ans...

Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop’s injury

March 25, 2022 - 06:35 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana police officer injured when violence broke out over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge in 2016 has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against a protest organizer, Louisiana’s Supreme Court said Friday. The 6-1 opinion was not a ruling in a case, but...

New Orleans schools chief finalists from all 3 U.S. coasts

March 24, 2022 - 12:30 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Orleans Parish School Board has chosen an Alabama school superintendent, an official of a Los Angeles nonprofit and a Florida educational consultant as finalists for superintendent of a system made up largely of charter schools. A news release sent Wednesday identi...

Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments

March 23, 2022 - 04:25 PM By GERALD HERBERT and REBECCA SANTANA (AP) — A powerful tornado took mere seconds to rip off roofs and destroy homes as it chiseled a path of destruction through a New Orleans area neighborhood where one man died, residents said Wednesday as they picked through wreckage and mourned their ...

Dillard University Mock Trial Team advances to the national championship opening round

March 04, 2022 - 04:27 PM NEW ORLEANS — The Dillard University Mock Trial Team has advanced to the American Mock Trial Association’s (AMTA) Opening Round Championship in Memphis, Tennessee, after competing in AMTA’s Regional Tournament. During the AMTA Regional Tournament, which was hosted virtually by t...

Mardi Gras Indian chief prepares for Fat Tuesday and Grammys

February 28, 2022 - 09:05 AM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This time of year, there’s really only one place you’ll find Big Chief Joseph “Monk” Boudreaux: in his New Orleans house sewing beadwork with needle and thread as he puts together the elaborate outfits worn by the city’s famed Mardi Gras Indians...

New Orleans officials excited, cautious as Fat Tuesday nears

February 14, 2022 - 05:30 PM NEW ORLEANS (AP) — One year after the coronavirus pandemic forced a parade-free, quiet Mardi Gras in New Orleans, city officials Monday touted preparations in place for a return to the big parades and festivities expected over the next two weeks ahead of Fat Tuesday. Parades were canceled las...

Mardi Gras Parades To Roll in New Orleans 2022

December 21, 2021 - 01:25 PM New Orleans, LA (BAMM Network) - New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will "Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler" (Let The Good Times Roll) with Mardi Gras parades crusing down the streets of New Orleans in 2022. City officials say that no Mardi Gras Krewe is being moved from their traditional p...

250 youth participate in fun-filled STEM learning during STEM Fest in New Orleans

December 13, 2021 - 10:10 AM NEW ORLEANS, LA – More than 250 K-12 scholars participated in the 8th STEM NOLA STEM Fest held at the Joe Brown Recreation Center in New Orleans East Saturday. The event celebrates STEM NOLA’s eight years of exposing, inspiring and engaging New Orleans youth in STEM learning. Scholars f...

New Orleans Area

Black teen prodigy becomes the first Monroe, Louisiana Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders

Non-unanimous verdicts at issue at Louisiana high court

Louisiana court: Protest leader can be sued for cop’s injury

New Orleans schools chief finalists from all 3 U.S. coasts

Louisiana twister carved destruction in mere moments

Dillard University Mock Trial Team advances to the national championship opening round

Mardi Gras Indian chief prepares for Fat Tuesday and Grammys

New Orleans officials excited, cautious as Fat Tuesday nears

Mardi Gras Parades To Roll in New Orleans 2022

250 youth participate in fun-filled STEM learning during STEM Fest in New Orleans

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