Katy Reckdahl

On Bayou St. John, floaties, kayaks, music and metal detectors

‘We don’t have much to offer in terms of money. But we can offer this: our culture.’

That Sunday night, 7-year-old Fred’Ja Washington barely moved. She stared and stared and stared at the wall, at the photograph of her father, Freddie Washington, who was killed at age

Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans voted on Saturday to become the first unionized branch of the Seattle-based coffee retailer in the state of Louisiana, according to Billie

In a few months, Tririce Collins will get a whole new sense of peace, as she and her 10-year-old twin boys move to the Lower 9th Ward, into a new

Many residents are accustomed to living within a crime scene. First they hear the gunshots, then they see the flashing blue lights of squad cars, the coroner’s van, the police

Many residents are accustomed to living within a crime scene. First they hear the gunshots, then they see the flashing blue lights of squad cars, the coroner’s van, the police

Worry stones, “spirit fingers” lift The NET School’s team

In a mass shooting, four or more people are killed or injured.

By Katy Reckdahl