13 New Orleans-Area Military Monuments and Memorials ~Sarah Chase, Curbed NOLA

RB Pierre Thomas fighting for his Saints future ~Gary Estwick, New Orleans Advocate

NORA unveils initiative to turn empty lots to green space, community gardens ~Thanh Truong, WWLTV

New Orleans’ National WWII Museum Honors Memorial Day ~Crave Online

13 New Orleans-Area Military Monuments and Memorials ~Sarah Chase, Curbed NOLA

Delgado delight: New Orleans squad ready for World Series ~Patti Arnold, Sun Sentinel

Fun On the Halfshell: The 2014 New Orleans Oyster Festival ~Paul Broussard, GoNOLA

Hurricane prep items exempt from state sales tax Saturday, May 24 and Sunday, May 25 ~WDSU

National Hurricane Center leaders visit New Orleans to preview upcoming 2014 hurricane season ~Mark Schleifstein

Property bill advances for Lower 9th Ward Neighbors would get first purchase rights

Corps OKs extended comment period on fracking ~New Orleans Advocate

Oyster harvesters alarmed at finding fewer oysters ~WWLTV

Financial agreement to keep CCC lit set to expire in June ~WVUE

Susan Cowsill: The Sound Of Happy ~WWNO

La. House committee votes to kill levee board lawsuit ~Mark Ballard, The Advocate

LSU projections show storm surge swamping Southeast Louisiana by century’s end ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

New restrictions planned for La. abortion clinics 

Lee Zurik Investigation: When you don't like the questions, you stop answering

Talk the beat with Lens reporters at BrottWorks Design Studio on May 22

Payments from BP claims settlement could resume soon — or maybe not ~Richard Thompson, New Orleans Advocate

Dozens of Raceland landowners could lose property to N.O. hurricane protection ~Jacob Batte, Daily Comet

New Orleans Convention Center readying plans for major upriver expansion ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

This 7th Ward Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan ~Laine Kaplan-Levenson, WWNO

City says cracking down on illegal short term rentals is difficult ~WWLTV 

Closed case file reveals new details about Landry shooting

80-year-old New Orleans firm cranks out 'snoballs' ~David Dennis, CNN Money

Letter: Honor constitution, rights ~Russell Honore', The Advocate

Citizens Fight Fracking Near New Orleans, sue Corps of Engineers over legally inadequate permitting process ~Courthouse News Service

Fictional Hurricane Phil tests Corps' fictional flood control system days before 2014 season begins ~Mark Schleifstein

Appeals court won’t rehear BP settlement issue ~Kevin McGill, AP via The Advocate

Plans to open lake floodgate on Bayou St John steps closer to reality ~Tania Dall, WWLTV 

Louisiana might take notes from Florida's Everglades plan ~John Snell, WVUE

Electric cars in New Orleans ~Robert Morris, Gambit

Lucinda Williams ~House of Blues

Retired Gen. Honore storms fracking battlefield in St. Tammany as recall efforts begin for elected officials ~David Grunfeld

Use your influence to stop La Sen Bill 469 ~Louisiana Sportsman

B&B owners affected by illegal short-term rentals want city enforcemen ~WWLTV

Our Views: Don’t gut 2006 reforms ~New Orleans Advocate

 Reginald Adams, free after 34 years, takes to his mother’s porch ~John Simerman

EPA proposes new air quality monitoring plan for refineries ~Rachel Wulff, WDSU

Blogger's arrest shakes up Mississippi Republican primary ~CNN