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Willie Swett

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Willie Swett

    Rahm Emanuel, former Chicago mayor, tours New Orleans schools. 'Louisiana is working.' (opens the original)

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    Rahm Emanuel, the former Democratic mayor of Chicago and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, visited two public schools and held a town hall meeting in New Orleans on Wednesday as he explores a possible run for president in 2028. Emanuel spent the day visiting classrooms and speaking with administrators at Phillis Wheatley Elementary and George Washington Carver High School. In the evening, he spoke about his work in education and his potential run for the presidency at a town hall at the New Orle

  2. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Willie Swett

    Tangipahoa Parish paraprofessional arrested, accused of slapping 10-year-old student (opens the original)

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    A paraprofessional at Loranger Elementary School has been arrested and accused of slapping a student, according to the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's office. Jeniell Barze, 55, was arrested on Thursday on one count of cruelty to a juvenile and booked into the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, the sheriff's office said. On Thursday morning, Loranger administrators received a complaint alleging that Barze slapped a 10-year-old special needs student in her classroom, the sheriff's office said. Administrators r

  3. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Willie Swett

    Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans is reopening to the public. But 'no ghost tours.' (opens the original)

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    When Lafayette Cemetery No. 1 reopens to the public next month after seven years, visitors will be greeted by new gravel walkways and treated magnolia trees. But what's no longer there might surprise the mourners and family members who’ve been coming for decades. Ghost tourists, film buffs and amateur re-enactors — all fixtures of the historic Garden District cemetery in the years leading up to its 2019 closure — will no longer haunt the grounds of New Orleans’ oldest city-owned cemetery

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Willie Swett

    Chicken Salad Chick plans to open first location in New Orleans (opens the original)

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    Chicken Salad Chick, a fast-food restaurant known for its chicken salad sandwiches and soups, is opening its first location in New Orleans in January. Anne and Bill DiPaola are opening the new storefront in Mid-City at 301 North Carrolton Ave. The DiPaolas current own the Metairie and Slidell locations of the Atlanta-based chain. Other locations of Chicken Salad Chick around the state include Mandeville, Houma, Lake Charles, and Alexandria. But so far, there have been none within the city limit

  5. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Willie Swett

    Six people arrested in Bogalusa in connection with multiple fatal drug overdoses (opens the original)

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    The Washington Parish Sheriff's Office arrested six people in Bogalusa on Thursday in connection with an investigation into three fatal drug overdoses that happened in the parish over the summer, the sheriff's office said. The sheriff's office said it identified six people that were part of a "drug distribution network" in the Bogalusa area, according to a press release on Thursday evening. John Stewart, 38, of Bogalusa, and Savannah Stephens, 33, of Franklinton, were arrested on Thursday and

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