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🌱 Tragic Fire Kills 3 + Victory For 'Cancer Alley' & Flood Funds
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Hello all. It's me, Shannon Denney, your host of the Daily. Let's get this Saturday started off right, with a quick review of everything you need to know about what's happening in town.
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First, today's weather:
Humid with periods of sun. High: 88 Low: 77.
Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today:
- Tragedy struck a family in Jefferson Parish on Friday morning when a house fire broke out, killing three young children who were home alone while their parents were at work. Firefighters arrived to a home on Lynnmeade Road around 9 a.m. to see the residence engulfed in flames with all three children stuck inside. The oldest child, 15, was later pronounced dead at the scene while the younger two, aged 3 and 7, were taken to a hospital but eventually passed away. (New Orleans Patch)
- A Louisiana judge has discarded permits for a Taiwanese company's plans to build a $9.4 billion plastics complex in between the stretch of the Mississippi between New Orleans and Baton Rouge referred to as 'Cancer Alley' where many industrial and polluting buildings are located. Environmentalists are rejoicing after the judge denied the permits preserving the right of Louisiana residents have to clean, unpolluted air. (Biz New Orleans)
- After much political turmoil coming from the Louisiana Bond Commission's previous policy of withholding flood money from New Orleans in order to pressure city leaders into a stricter stance on the abortion ban, a vote has finally approved the $39 million in funding for the Sewerage and Water Board. (WWLTV.com)
Today in New Orleans:
- Free Family Mini Photo Sessions in the Garden District (9 a.m.)
- Greater New Orleans Iris Society at Harahan Branch Library (9:30 a.m.)
- Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration at the French Market Corporation (11 a.m.)
From my notebook:
- RTA's four-day free fair promotion begins on Sunday September 25 and ends Wednesday September 28. Ride for free those days and learn your route without having the hassle of paying. (Regional Transit Authority via Facebook)
- Upturn Arts will be hosting a Twerksgiving Master Class with The Queen Diva Big Freedia from November 21 -23! (Upturn Arts via Facebook)
- Join the Louisiana Museum on Friday, November 18 at the Cabildo! The Louisiana Museum Foundation and Louisiana State Museum will present Andrew LaMar Hopkins' first solo exhibition and the first-ever solo show in the Cabildo of a living African-American artist. (Louisiana Museum Foundation via Facebook)
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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow morning for another update.
— Shannon Denney
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