 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Benson’s buildings: Add another downtown building to Gayle Benson’s property portfolio. The Saints and Pelicans owner says she is under contract to purchase a 27-story office tower in the CBD, Tony McAuley reports.
Remember the jailbreak? Doesn't seem that long ago, but it's been more than a month since 10 prisoners escaped from the jail in New Orleans. Two remain on the loose. Marco Cartolano checks in with a Day 32 update.
Got power? Somewhere today some folks are going to be sweating through planned power outages of up to seven hours. Entergy New Orleans acknowledged the planned outage on Monday, but the utility declined to say publicly where or how many customers would be impacted, Ben Myers reports. Meanwhile, there was a big outage in Jefferson Parish as storms rolled through.
Po-boy paradise: Few area sandwich places carry the name recognition of Old Metairie’s Radosta’s Po-Boys. Ian McNulty checked in on the venerable eatery as it celebrates its 50th year.
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