| BY CHAD CALDER | Staff writer |
Suit seeks to rectify past injustice: Kunta Gable and Sidney Hill spent almost three decades in the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola after being convicted of murder 30 years ago. Now, they're suing the city, the NOPD and the DA's office saying that Len Davis, the notoriously corrupt police officer who falsely targeted them, was part of a broader system that fostered dirty cops and unscrupulous prosecutors. Jillian Kramer has the story.
Metairie, name recognition key to Jefferson's parishwide council races: Boosted by high turnout by Metairie voters, two former TV broadcasters won their at-large races for Jefferson Parish Council this weekend. Blake Paterson has this analysis.
The search for the ivory-billed woodpecker continues: It's been 80 years since the last widely agreed-upon sighting of an ivory-billed woodpecker. Federal wildlife officials have long been expected to finally declare the bird extinct. But they've decided to put it off a bit longer. Tristan Baurick has the story.
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