NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, Oct. 20.
Friday, Oct. 20 – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards delivers a speech on criminal justice reform at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 526 Pine St., New Orleans, 10:00 a.m.; and holds a press conference announcing multi-million dollar investments by the Delta Regional Authority in improvement projects around the state at Delgado Maritime, Fire & Industrial Training Facility, 13200 Old Gentilly Rd., New Orleans, 1:30 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 20 – Visitation for New Orleans Police Department Office Marcus McNeil, 5:30 p.m., who was killed in the line of duty Oct. 13. His funeral takes place tomorrow.
Location: Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., New Orleans, LA.
Friday, Oct. 20 – Sunday, Oct. 22 – Louisiana Creole Research Association 13th Annual Conference, themed 'Cultural Kinship: The Caribbean's Historic Influence on New Orleans Creole Culture' * Events are held at various locations in New Orleans.
Location: New Orleans, LA.
THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, Oct. 21 – Visitation and funeral of New Orleans Police Department Office Marcus McNeil, 8:00 a.m., who was killed in the line of duty Oct. 13. Followed by internment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman Mayer Ave.
Location: Household of Faith, 9300 I- 10 Service Rd., New Orleans, LA.