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On Saturday, March 24th the New Orleans International Beer Festival will be held at Champions Square. The festival will showcase the growing popularity of craft beers from around the country and the world and more than 150 beers will be served in two-ounce pours. Champions Square is located in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana across from… Continue reading New Orleans International Beer Festival
Fordor’s, the esteemed travel publication, has ranked New Orleans, Louisiana as the number two destination in the United States for St. Patrick’s Day festivities: A mad mix of Mardi Gras and Irish-inspired brouhaha, St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans is just what you’d expect. The city, normally known for its French roots, also lays claim… Continue reading New Orleans ranked second in nation for best St. Patrick’s Day
A 44-year old man from Folsom, Louisiana was booked with DWI after he jumped into the waters of Lake Pontchartrain last Sunday in order to avoid a field sobriety test. The man was stopped on the Casueway Bridge after another driver reported to police that he was speeding and swerving his vehicle. After he was… Continue reading Causeway bridge-jumper booked with DWI
A man from Virginia Beach, Virginia was able to rack up an unbelievable 25 arrests for DWI in several states. The 39 year-old man was sentenced to 25 years in prision due to his extensive record of DWI arrests that took place in Alabama, Virginia and Georgia. He is also banned from driving a vehicle… Continue reading 25 DWIs in 3 states nets Virginia man 7 years in jail
Watch out for 11 new traffic cameras that are going online in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, March 12. The cameras will be going online in Uptown, Gentilly, New Orleans East, and Algiers. There will be a higher threshold for issuing speeding tickets. Except during school zone times, drivers will have to be going at… Continue reading New traffic cameras go online Monday in New Orleans, Louisiana
Great news for car traffic in the city of New Orleans: the federal government has pledged an additional $68 million for roadway repairs. WWL reports that the city says a total of 10 neighborhoods are expected to benefit from those FEMA dollars. “It’s happening at a good time because there are many neighborhoods the Lower… Continue reading Crosstown traffic: Feds grant New Orleans $68 million for streets
The New Orleans Times-Picayune is reporting that State Police booked a LaPlace, Louisiana man with his fourth DWI in five months after he struck a curb and blew a tire on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie, Louisiana. The suspect had a toddler under the age of 5 with him in the vehicle, according to the… Continue reading Fourth DWI in five months after crash in Metairie, Louisiana
According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune a DWI suspect asked “Do you know who I am?” and “Do you know who my uncle is?” to New Orleans Louisiana Police after being pulled over for a suspected DWI. The gambit didn’t work for a New Orleans Louisiana firefighter: The suspect, although politically connected throug his father,… Continue reading Name-dropping fails to help DWI suspect in New Orleans
The Times-Picayune is reportiung that the City of New Orleans, Louisiana is forgiving over $548,000 in traffic tickets to city employees made as a result of city traffic cameras: When it comes to paying for tickets generated by New Orleans’ traffic cameras, some of the biggest scofflaws are city employees driving taxpayer-financed vehicles. As of… Continue reading Traffic tickets forgiven…if you’re a city employee
The Times-Picayune reports that State Police arrested a man who drove his children to the Louisiana State Police office in Kenner while drunk: State Police usually must take to the roads to hunt for inebriated drivers. But they had to look no farther than their own Troop B lobby in Kenner early Sunday when a… Continue reading Drunk dad drives to state police office with children in car