NEW ORLEANS — 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 ...

NEWORLEANS - Pastors, friends, family and even former city employees of ex-Mayor Ray Nagin have written 32 letters to Judge Ginger Berrigan, asking for leniency for Nagin when he is sentenced on 20 ...

LAS VEGAS – New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin chided the media Tuesday for "embellishments" and "things that were stretched" during the coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. But in a conversation ...

Former mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin is well-known for his controversial efforts to rebuild his city after it was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Nagin's legacy could be eclipsed, however, ...

Nagin retains leadership of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, whose shoot-from-the-hip style was both praised and scorned after Hurricane Katrina, narrowly won re-election over Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu on ...

NEW ORLEANS – Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin reported to a federal prison in Texarkana, Texas, on Monday to begin serving a 10-year sentence. Nagin arrived at the facility shortly before noon. New ...

Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and ordered to pay $84,264 in restitution. Nagin was already forced to forfeit more than $500,000 in May. Nagin, 58, was ...

The fact that former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was even elected shows how much New Orleans wanted someone different. He came into politics from corporate America with no experience in government.