| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Manhunt ends in Mid-City: A deputy constable and landlord delivering an eviction notice in West Lake Forest were shot Wednesday, and a slew of law enforcement agencies converged on an Iberville Street property that afternoon and took a man into custody. You'll find our reporters' account of the ordeal here. Nice work if you can get it: Four Orleans Levee District police officers are accused of payroll fraud in a scheme that allegely had them signing in for off-duty security shifts in the Lake Vista subdivision or the New Orleans Yacht Club, cutting out and then billing for the work. John Simerman has the details. Doubling down: The impact that short-term rentals have had on many culturally significant New Orleans neighborhoods has been widely debated in recent years, but attention to another, similar phenomena is bubbling up again in the neighborhoods around Tulane and Loyola universities. Critics say "doubles to dorms," the practice of developers swooping into Uptown neighborhoods and converting houses to apartments for students, is wreaking havoc on what were once close-knit communities and creating parking problems. Also, want more business news? Sign up for our free NOLA Business Insider newsletter, emailed weekday mornings. Thanks for starting your day with Morning Headlines. Catch the latest news all day on NOLA.com. CC |