🌱 Loyola Renames Dorm + Mayor De-Escalates Altercation At Filmore

New Orleans LA

21 June, 2022

5:43 PM

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Hello again, everybody! It's Wednesday in New Orleans and I'm back in your inbox with everything you need to know about what's happening locally. Hope you all have a great day. Let's do it... First, today's weather: Hot. High: 97 Low: 82. 👀 Attention local businesses & marketers: Attract more customers in New Orleans by sponsoring this daily newsletter, which gets read by the same people you're trying to reach. Click here to learn more. Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today: Loyola University announced that it has renamed its largest dorm. This fall, Loyola will permanently change Carrollton Hall's name to the Blanche and Norman C. Francis Family Hall. The new name is in honor of its first Black graduate Dr. Norman C. Francis. Francis graduated from Loyola University Law School in 1955 and went on to become the president of Xavier University for over 46 years. (WWLTV.com) A video surfaced over the weekend of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell intervening in an altercation at the Fillmore this weekend. Cantrell released a statement outlining how she was able to de-escalate a situation between two audience member where one was struck. The video is of Cantrell calming one of the women down in the bathroom of the venue. (WDSU New Orleans) A pedestrian was struck and killed by a pickup truck early Tuesday morning after attempting to step into the street off the median. The driver was uninjured and called 911 after the accident, which was at the corner of Louisiana Avenue and South Liberty Street. NOPD are continuing to investigate but don't believe that the driver or victim were impaired. (WWLTV.com) Help us make this newsletter better! We've been getting so much positive feedback about the New Orleans Daily that we're starting to get a big head. Want to bring us back down to earth with some constructive feedback? If so, take our simple — and quick! — reader survey. Your feedback will help us make sure we're covering the kind of local news, events and scuttlebutt you really care about. And it will help us toward our goal of being an indispensable local resource and the last email you'd ever unsubscribe from. We'd be so appreciative of your feedback that, if you take the survey, we'll enter your email address in a drawing for a small mountain of Patch swag. You know you want that tote bag — so click the link and give it to us straight. Thank you! Take the Survey 👉 Today in New Orleans: Organic Process Research and Development Conference at the Omni Royale New Orleans (9 a.m.) Piano Performance and Talk featuring Ranger Jon Beebe at New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park (noon) Public Tour of Queen Nefertari's Egypt exhibit at NOMA (1 p.m.) Hamilton the musical at Saenger Theatre (7:30 p.m.) From my notebook: Curious to hear more about this next season of Queer Eye that is being filmed in NOLA? Listen to this episode of WWNO 89.9! (WWNO)Two screenings of the Pan Am Flight 759 crash documentary will be screened at Jefferson Parish libraries to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the crash on July 9th. (WGNO New Orleans)As NOLA heat climbs to triple digits, here are some places to go if you need to cool off in Orleans Parish. (WDSU New Orleans) Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right. See you all tomorrow for another update! — Shannon Denney Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming New Orleans Daily? Contact me at [email protected]