A decade later, cops plead guilty in Katrina bridge shooting
Five former New Orleans police officers pleaded guilty Wednesday in deadly shootings in the days following Hurricane Katrina, abruptly ending a decade-old case that tainted an already scandal-plagued police force and reawakened memories of the chaos and devastation from the catastrophic 2005 storm.
Unique properties lost to Katrina receiving markers
Twenty-nine Mississippi properties lost to Hurricane Katrina are being immortalized with cast aluminum markers.
Solemn remembrances set for Katrina anniversary
A wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial in a historic New Orleans cemetery is among the memorial activities planned for the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Judge dismisses Katrina flooding lawsuits
Dozens of lawsuits seeking damages from the federal government for Hurricane Katrina-related levee failures and flooding in the New Orleans area are over.
Retrial to begin in Katrina police shooting
Three years after his manslaughter conviction, a former New Orleans police officer is getting a second chance to persuade a jury that he was justified in fatally shooting a man outside a strip mall during Hurricane Katrina’s chaotic aftermath.
Mississippi still to spend $872M in Katrina money
JACKSON — Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1 billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from
Katrina victims take on hurricane tour operators
Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops when the levees failed.
Pascagoula officials urge Mississippi law change
PASCAGOULA — Pascagoula officials are asking lawmakers to amend a state law and allow local governments to enforce federal floodplain codes at hunting and fishing camps so they can qualify for the National Flood Insurance Program.
Sept. 11 Homeland grants improve Miss response
Homeland Security grants after Sept. 11, 2001, helped the state prepare to handle Hurricane Katrina and other emergencies, Mississippi officials say.
General: After Katrina, few prepared for disaster
With hurricane season in full swing, emergency management officials and government leaders are more ready to respond to a natural disaster now than they were before Hurricane Katrina, but many residents are still unprepared for a major event, the former commander of Joint Task Force Katrina said Wednesday at Mississippi State University.
Adele Elliott: Storms
The Atlantic Ocean is bubbling and boiling with storms. The names Earl and Fiona hardly sound threatening. However, they are turning the ocean waters into a witches’ cauldron, swirling and smoky. As I write this, there are none in the Gulf, but that may change soon.
Storm anniversary: Transplants long for home, embrace new city
On Monday, Aug. 29, 2005, Patricia Jordan and her son, Teche, watched the waters outside their Ocean Springs home, which was four blocks from the beach, rise until their mailbox was under water. Then they watched their car float down the street like a boat. When water began pouring through the electrical outlets of their one-story home and waves started buckling the walls, Jordan knew it was time to get out.