 | By LAUREN WALCK | Staff writer |
Happy Friday Eve! We're getting close to the weekend and an arctic cold front is on the way to cool things down again.
'Just like a canon': Survivors of the gas explosion at an Avondale mobile home share their harrowing experience, which left their 87-year-old matriarch dead and others hospitalized with severe burns. A federal agency is now investigating.
Blue plate special: The building housing The Clover Grill, a popular all-night diner on Bourbon Street, has been sold. The new owner: the businessman who operates the restaurant, famous for serving up hubcap burgers with a heaping side of nostalgia.
Air pollution: For the second time this year, Shell Chemical has struck a deal with the DEQ after state regulators said its Norco plant released hundreds of thousands of pounds of air pollutants over two years.
Quarter trash: Time is running out for the city and garbage contractors to figure out a resolution for trash pickup in the French Quarter ahead of Christmas and the Super Bowl. Read the latest from Ben Myers.
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