Stacey Plaisance

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Dale Alvin, right, and Jerry Howell apply a label, Monday, July 21, 2014, to the first of about 50 cigarette butt recycling receptacles they will install in parts of New Orleans with heavy pedestrian traffic. TerraCycle Inc. says the Downtown Development District project is the first large-scale U.S. entry in a cigarette recycling project that started in Canada. (AP Photo/Janet McConnaughey)

New Orleans putting smoked butts in a better place

Stacey Plaisance · July 21, 2014 9:41 pm

An oyster wheel recycling bin is seen after a news conference at the Bourbon House restaurant in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 24, 2014. Oyster harvests in south Louisiana are still in recovery since the 2010 BP oil spill. For the second year in a row, restaurants and seafood industry officials are working together to recycle oyster shells to help rebuild oyster beds impacted by the spill. The program, organized by the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, is aimed at helping New Orleans area restaurants recycle oyster shells. The shells will be returned to coastal waters to help revitalize public oyster seed areas and as material in coastal restoration projects. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

La. oyster beds recovering after storms, oil spill

Stacey Plaisance · June 24, 2014 10:10 pm

‘Billy the Exterminator’ drug charge: guilty plea

Stacey Plaisance · May 2, 2013 11:28 am

This 2012 photo released by A&E shows, from left, Phil Robertson, Jase Robertson, Si Robertson and Willie Robertson from the A&E series, "Duck Dynasty," airing Wednesdays at 10 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/A&E, Zach Dilgard)

‘Duck Dynasty’ stars swap jokes, greet fans

Stacey Plaisance · April 3, 2013 4:00 am

FILE - In this May 4, 2012 file photo, the Pedrito Martinez Group performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Martinez and the Red Baraat rhythms band are among the acts heading to New Orleans to headline a festival celebrating the music and culture rooted in Africa that made its way to the Caribbean and Gulf South region centuries ago. The Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival is a free event open to the general public. It is in its sixth year and will be held at Armstrong Park in New Orleans March 23, 2013 through March 24. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Congo Square rhythms fest kicks off March 23

Stacey Plaisance · March 17, 2013 4:00 am

Country singer Claude King dies at 90

Stacey Plaisance · March 7, 2013 8:53 pm

Buku music fest returns to NOLA with bigger lineup

Stacey Plaisance · March 7, 2013 4:26 pm

Buku music fest back with bigger lineup

Stacey Plaisance · March 7, 2013 2:04 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2012 file photo, recording artist Lil Wayne speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in New Orleans. The launch of a skate park by rapper Lil Wayne and a host of big-money sponsors, including Mountain Dew, hasn't gotten off to an easy start. The building the skate park is housed in didn't pass an electrical inspection and has to be re-wired, and only a handful of kids are able to skate at a time because of a shortage of staffing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Lil Wayne’s New Orleans skate park hits more snags

Stacey Plaisance · February 16, 2013 5:00 am

Bacchus parade offers ride to young patients

Stacey Plaisance · February 11, 2013 2:52 am

Bacchus parade is on, despite weather threat

Stacey Plaisance · February 10, 2013 5:00 am

Athletes, stars lend hands in Super Bowl host city

Stacey Plaisance · January 31, 2013 7:31 pm