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Chief Investigative Reporter @wwltv. Formerly Times-Pic and AP. Lifting up New Orleans by holding its leaders accountable.
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New Orleans judge filed criminal complaint against WWL under repealed law provisions Original

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By David Hammer Verified
| WWL-TV (New Orleans, LA) Verified
An Orleans Parish Criminal Court judge running for re-election tried to use a section of law that no longer exists to file a criminal complaint against WWL Louisiana earlier this month. Judge Kimya Holmes also had the court’s judicial administrator send the news station a letter demanding removal of already-published information about Holmes, and the letter quoted repealed sections of state law to try to justify the demands. This story continues below.
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RTA board votes to reconsider CEO candidate it cast aside Original

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By David Hammer Verified, Danny Monteverde
| WWL-TV (New Orleans, LA) Verified
When the New Orleans RTA’s board of commissioners met last month to name three finalists for the agency’s CEO job, former deputy chief administrative officer Mark Major didn’t make the cut. He was fourth out of five candidates suggested by a national search firm. Now, Major — who tried to get the top job during a prior stint at the RTA and has been a source of controversy ever since — is once again a contender.
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Suspect in Houma stabbings was arrested for 2019 murder but never indicted Original

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By David Hammer Verified, Danny Monteverde
| WWL-TV (New Orleans, LA) Verified
As Kaegan Jude Solet sits in custody awaiting his first court appearance for the fatal stabbing of four people and critically injuring a young boy in Houma, WWL Louisiana is learning more about his arrest in January of 2019 for another fatal stabbing. More than seven years ago Solet was arrested for the death of Scott Lovell. More than seven years later, Lovell's family says they are still waiting for answers about the case. Lovell’s family describes his death as senseless.
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