Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's memory wasn't so good when it came to questions about private jet travel or his dealings on a Home Depot development plan, a federal agent testified Wednesday as ...

Ray Nagin guilty of 20 of 21 counts of corruption Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife, Seletha, left, and his lawyer Robert Jenkins, right, walk out of federal court on Poydras Street ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former News Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, best remembered for his impassioned pleas for help after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina, was convicted Wednesday of accepting bribes ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that spanned his two terms as mayor -- including the chaotic years ...

NEW ORLEANS — A memoir by former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin about the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina includes an account of about 20 armed private security guards showing up uninvited at the ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin’s first public comment after being indicted last week on 21 counts of corruption was a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. “Injustice anywhere is a ...

The 25-page indictment that came down Friday included charges of conspiracy, bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering and honest services wire fraud. His arraignment date was set for January 31.

Nagin told me it was a personal trip and a vendor had not paid for it. But a week later, a deposition Meffert gave for a civil trial emerged, and Meffert's testimony confirmed that St. Pierre did ...

May 6, 2002: Ray Nagin becomes 60th mayor of New Orleans. Greg Meffert named chief technology officer. Nov. 27, 2002: Nagin's oldest son, Jeremy, 18, arrested in New York City and charged with grand ...

Mayor Ray Nagin was elected seven years ago as a reform-minded business executive, and quickly won kudos for his efforts to modernize City Hall and clean up local government corruption. But lately, he ...

A couple of readers have written in to shame me for not covering the conviction of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, a Democrat, on 20 corruption charges. Example: It’s been over a year since ...

NEW ORLEANS — Former mayor Ray Nagin, the businessman-turned-politician who became the worldwide face of the city after Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday. Nagin, 58, was ...