A construction company owner who lost two homes in Hurricane Katrina claimed a $97 million Powerball prize, a jackpot won off a ticket he bought at a convenience store where he stopped to buy his wife a gallon of milk. »
Paul Pablovich was the very picture of a good neighbor as he shoveled debris off the curb and mowed other people’s lawns in Lakeview, a middle-class section of town that was swamped with 15 feet of water during Hurricane Katrina and is now a patchwork of gutted and newly built homes. »
Too expensive to be renovated and too historically significant to be torn down, Pamela Bolar’s West Fourth Street house was deemed a total loss after Hurricane Katrina had done its worst. »
Glen and Rebekah Markham are a bit taken aback by the worldwide publicity surrounding their child, scheduled to arrive by Caesarean section on Tuesday. »
More than a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans Steven Cure has been reunited with his best friend, dog Rocky. »
In the chaos of a freakish downpour as a river of water, mud and debris gushed down Pershing Avenue, Mary Larriba’s dog, Feather, disappeared into the sodden night. [Noah’s Flood: The New Scientific Discoveries About The Event That Changed History] »
Today a group of Dubuque Catholic Charities volunteers from Dubuque will tear into the wreckage of Isaac Bolden’s home in the Gentilly quarter of New Orleans. »
Oprah Winfrey, thousands of her fans and teams of architects are working to help families rebuild. »
Seabees are known more for their construction and battle skills than their prowess in the water. But retired Seabee Doug Byers put his swimming skills to the test the day of Hurricane Katrina when he was working as a Harrison County sheriff’s deputy in D’Iberville. »
If you ever had any doubts about dog being man’s best friend just talk to Earle Bryant. »
On this the day before the anniversary of Katrina, I would like to tell you of my personal hero, my daughter. »
It was bad enough that Jason Williams (name changed) had witnessed Hurricane Katrina. Now, he was in the Superdome with others who had lost everything. But the worst wasn’t over yet. »
UnitedHealth Group Inc. said Tuesday it will donate $1 million annually for three years to open a new health clinic in New Orleans. »
Families Affected by the Hurricane Travel to the Bahamas to Meet the ‘Miracle 16 »
A cat and its owner were reunited at a Kings Beach animal hospital Monday afternoon after almost a year of being separated following the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. »
Guardsmen relayed calls and text messages to locate survivors and connect relatives »
Rescued from the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, 19 African black-footed penguins have arrived back to their New Orleans home in style. »
Alfie is still a storm refugee in Virginia. So is Oscar. One is a parrot. The other meows. »
Members of a Minnesota Air National Guard unit are finding it difficult to say goodbye to a four-legged friend. »
A 4-year-old girl, who was reported missing for six months and feared dead in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, has been reunited with her mother in Houston. »
When 4-year-old Cortez Stewart was reunited with her mother and five siblings in Texas last week, it closed a happy chapter in the sad story of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. »
The woman who owned the flood-damaged home knew nothing about the money in the walls. »
Jeff Mailes knew it was a great story: In the quagmire of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, a dog plunges into neck-high water and drags a drowning man to safety. »
Much of the attention on Louisiana’s recovery from hurricanes Katrina and Rita has focused on the role of politicians and professional bureaucrats in advancing the state’s comeback. »
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, Tristan Carter thought she lost everything - her home, a grandfather, two dogs, a housecat and a rabbit. »
As millions tuned into the Super Bowl, Terry Berry had more than football on her mind. Her daughter was exiting a plane from Canada where she thought she was only spending summer break. »
After making it through Hurricane Katrina only to spend three months in Texas, three-year-old Margo, a calico cat from Louisiana, was finally reunited with her owner at the Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary in Caledonia, Mississippi.
Sylvia Latham of Buras says she is happy and excited to see her pet again. »
The photographs–some with water stains, some so faded the faces in them appear like ghosts–come in tattered albums. They arrive in warped frames, or with no coverings at all. »
Theresa Shamlian, a Houstonian who helped the displaced masses at the Reliant Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina, was a guest Tuesday of first lady Laura Bush for the president’s State of the Union address. »
Sixteen dolphins from a marine park that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina — including several that were swept out to the Gulf of Mexico and later rescued — have been moved to a resort in the Bahamas. »