Lara Nicholson
@laranicholson.bsky.social
Jefferson Parish reporter for The Times-Picayune in New Orleans
lnicholson@theadvocate.com
lnicholson@theadvocate.com
After Bogalusa's mayor was caught in a drug trafficking investigation, a local accountant appointed by the state took over the city's administration. He doesn't talk to the city's elected leader, and he makes $200 per hour. By Willie Swett:
Meet the accountant who now runs Bogalusa. He doesn't speak with Mayor Tyrin Truong.
His appointment came a time when the city was still overcoming the shock of Mayor Truong's arrest stemming from a drug trafficking investigation.
www.nola.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
After Bogalusa's mayor was caught in a drug trafficking investigation, a local accountant appointed by the state took over the city's administration. He doesn't talk to the city's elected leader, and he makes $200 per hour. By Willie Swett:
One of the 6 escapees still on the run from the New Orleans jail previously broke out from a detention center in North Louisiana in 2019, @nolanews.bsky.social found.
Inmate on the run after New Orleans jailbreak once escaped from another Louisiana jail
An inmate still on the lam from the New Orleans jailbreak once escaped from a North Louisiana detention center in 2019, authorities say.
www.nola.com
May 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One of the 6 escapees still on the run from the New Orleans jail previously broke out from a detention center in North Louisiana in 2019, @nolanews.bsky.social found.
Not only has Jean Lafitte's mayor sued his opponent in the upcoming Jefferson Parish Council Race, but he's also reported him to the Attorney General on accusations of federal fraud and tax evasion for building a second home on his property in Lafitte. www.nola.com/news/politic...
Lafitte mayor Kerner sues Ricky Templet over attack ad in Jefferson Parish District 1 race
The election is Saturday, March 29.
www.nola.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Not only has Jean Lafitte's mayor sued his opponent in the upcoming Jefferson Parish Council Race, but he's also reported him to the Attorney General on accusations of federal fraud and tax evasion for building a second home on his property in Lafitte. www.nola.com/news/politic...
do you guys tell sources when they misspell your name or do you just roll with it
March 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
do you guys tell sources when they misspell your name or do you just roll with it
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February 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
There's an opening on my team at @nolanews.bsky.social covering all things Jefferson Parish: politics, business, education and more. Come work with me! I've loved this job since I started last year and I'm happy to answer any questions in my DMs #journalismjobs workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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The Republican-dominated council of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish, which abuts the Gulf of Mexico, rejected a symbolic measure to rename it the Gulf of America on local maps, @laranicholson.bsky.social reports. www.nola.com/news/jeffers...
Jefferson Parish Council votes down 'divisive' Gulf of America resolution by Van Vrancken
The vote to adopt Trump's renamed Gulf of America failed six to one, even though most of the council members are Republican.
www.nola.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The Republican-dominated council of Louisiana's Jefferson Parish, which abuts the Gulf of Mexico, rejected a symbolic measure to rename it the Gulf of America on local maps, @laranicholson.bsky.social reports. www.nola.com/news/jeffers...
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February 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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The Jefferson Parish Council will decide tomorrow whether to use the term "Gulf of America" on its maps after Jennifer Van Vrancken, an outspoken supporter of Trump, authored a resolution that's already facing pushback from colleagues.
Jefferson Parish to vote on using Trump's Gulf of America name after Van Vrancken resolution
The Jefferson Parish Council, which oversees Grand Isle on Louisiana's coast, will decide Wednesday whether to use President Donald Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of
www.nola.com
February 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The Jefferson Parish Council will decide tomorrow whether to use the term "Gulf of America" on its maps after Jennifer Van Vrancken, an outspoken supporter of Trump, authored a resolution that's already facing pushback from colleagues.
No, you can't bring your Bourbon Street hand grenade home with you when you fly through the New Orleans airport. See what rules TSA has for traveling after the Super Bowl as the airport sees record number of passengers
No Super Bowl programs or hand grenades? TSA warns New Orleans airport travelers
The Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport was inundated Monday as a predicted record number of travelers flew home from Super Bowl LIX.
www.nola.com
February 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
No, you can't bring your Bourbon Street hand grenade home with you when you fly through the New Orleans airport. See what rules TSA has for traveling after the Super Bowl as the airport sees record number of passengers
Today I feel very proud to be part of @nolanews.bsky.social. We've been hit with everything you could imagine over the last month - a terrorist attack, historic snowstorms and now the Super Bowl - and every time we've worked so hard to deliver incredible journalism. Some examples:
February 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Today I feel very proud to be part of @nolanews.bsky.social. We've been hit with everything you could imagine over the last month - a terrorist attack, historic snowstorms and now the Super Bowl - and every time we've worked so hard to deliver incredible journalism. Some examples:
Alexis Scott-Windham, an attack survivor who was originally denied time off by Amazon, said she's grateful for the outpouring of support. One person even offered to pay for her daughter's second birthday party.
"Just to see people fight for me when they don't even know me, it just warms my heart."
"Just to see people fight for me when they don't even know me, it just warms my heart."
Amazon gives New Orleans attack survivor paid time off after first denying her request
A Bourbon Street attack survivor received a time off request from her job at an Amazon distribution facility after the denial of her initial request generated a heap of online
www.nola.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Alexis Scott-Windham, an attack survivor who was originally denied time off by Amazon, said she's grateful for the outpouring of support. One person even offered to pay for her daughter's second birthday party.
"Just to see people fight for me when they don't even know me, it just warms my heart."
"Just to see people fight for me when they don't even know me, it just warms my heart."
Decided to join bluesky since my story is blowing up here- thanks everyone who's read it! Update: Amazon contacted Ms. Scott-Windham and is now giving her time off with pay.
An Alabama mom hit by the Bourbon Street attacker's truck then shot in the attack, who still has a bullet lodged in her foot, told a @nolanews.bsky.social reporter that the Amazon warehouse where she works denied her request for a leave of absence.
Alabama mom hit by truck, then shot in Bourbon Street attack: 'It's just so disturbing'
A night of revelry was coming to a close for Alexis Scott-Windham and her friends in the early hours of New Year's Eve after they came from Mobile, Alabama to
www.nola.com
January 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Decided to join bluesky since my story is blowing up here- thanks everyone who's read it! Update: Amazon contacted Ms. Scott-Windham and is now giving her time off with pay.