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🌱 Airport Worker Dies In Accident + S&WB Billing Advisory Committee

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor
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Hello, friends. I'm here right on time with your fresh copy of the New Orleans Daily, full of everything you need to know about what's happening in town.

First, today's weather:

Humid with a thunderstorm. High: 91 Low: 78.

Here are the top stories today in New Orleans:

  1. In a tragic accident, an airport baggage handler for Louis Armstrong Airport passed away on Tuesday after her hair was caught in a belt loader. Jermani Thompson was unloading luggage around 10:30 pm when the accident occurred and she was taken to a hospital where she later died. The 26-year-old woman was employed with GAT Airline Ground Support who is contracted with Frontier Airlines. (New Orleans Patch)
  2. State lawmakers, City Council members and stakeholders have come together to form the SWBNO Billing Advisory Committee which will address the Sewage and Water Board's billing issues. After their first meeting on Wednesday, the committee agreed on an ordinance setting rules for billing procedures that will now go to the public for a vote. (WDSU New Orleans)
  3. Early Thursday morning a man was shot at the intersection of North Peters and Bienville Street. NOPD began investigating after the incident occurred at 12:55 a.m. The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment. (WDSU New Orleans)

Today in New Orleans:

  • Tulane University Cross Country at New Orleans Opener (All day)
  • Objects in Focus: Jesús Rafael Soto exhibit at the Newcomb Art Museum (noon)
  • First Friday Tours & Tea at Longue Vue House and Gardens (12:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • New Orleans Jazz Museum is hosting a "Classy, Sassy, Jazzy Hong Kong Night" with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on September 17th. (New Orleans Jazz Museum via Instagram)
  • Upturn Arts is introducing a new four-part class "Mindful Movement" with Dana Reed focusing on movement, wellness, and mental health starting September 7! (Upturn Arts via Facebook)
  • You can visit Southern Decadence's most exiting event this weekend, their Health Hub at the main entrance of Louis Armstrong Park for free Monkeypox and COVID vaccines from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Thursday through Monday. (New Orleans Health Department via Facebook)

You're officially in the loop for today! I'll see you around.

— Shannon Denney

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