🌱 NOLA East Receives Big Funding + Murder Suspect Arrested

Good morning, neighbors! It's me, Shannon Denney, your host of the Daily. Here's what you need to know about what's happening in town. In today's issue, you'll get updates on:

• Leftovers from the American Rescue Plan Act are going towards NOLA East
• A Crimestoppers tip led to the arrest of a fatal shooting suspect
• NOPD wants public's help

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But first, today's weather:

Winds subsiding and cooler. High: 55 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories in New Orleans today:

1. NOPD is asking for the public help with a homicide case with a victim visiting New Orleans from abroad. 30-year-old Janis Galis was shot and killed in Plum Orchard on Jan. 17 and had been spending time in NOLA for the past few months from Europe. NOPD wants help piecing together Galis' last events to help find the person who shot him. (WGNO New Orleans)
2. New Orleans City Councilmember, Oliver Thomas, announced this weekend that New Orleans East will be directly receiving some of the funding leftover from the American Rescue Plan Act. Though a small portion of the $388 million that New Orleans originally received from the Act, the $5 million going towards Lincoln Beach, $1 million each going towards the Six Flags site and parks, playgrounds and the business park in District E and additional funding for cleanups, conflict resolution and more Quality of Life officers will hopefully be impactful. (https://www.wwltv.com/article/...)
3. A Crimestoppers tip led to the positive identification and subsequent arrest of a suspect wanted in a Dec. 27 fatal shooting on Julia Street in the Warehouse district. A 26-year-old woman was arrested in St. Tammany Parish and is awaiting extradition to Orleans Parish. (FOX 8 Local First)

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Today in New Orleans:

• Louisiana Garden Club Federation (9:30 AM)
• Tulane University Women's Basketball vs Temple University (6:00 PM)
• 2023 New Orleans Chamber Game Night with the New Orleans Pelicans (7:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• The New Orleans Jazz Museum will be hosting Burce "Sunpie" Barnes as he moderates a panel discussion on jazz music in U.S. cultural diplomacy efforts on Feb. 6 from 6-8 p.m. (New Orleans Jazz Museum via Instagram)
• Are you a food service operator wanting to grow your business? The Urban League of Louisiana has an entrepreneurial education series to help food service industry operators with ways to make your business better! (Urban League of Louisiana via Facebook)
• NORD has begun hiring for their summer lifeguards. You must be 16 years of age and the starting salary $15.91 and hour with training provided. (New Orleans Recreation Development Commission via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right. I'll see you around!

— Shannon Denney

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