Officials allege she defrauded the city while trying to keep hidden her relationship with a police officer assigned to protect her.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans, Louisiana, became the first sitting mayor in the city’s history to be indicted by a federal grand jury Friday. Cantrell — the first woman to serve as mayor in the city’s 307-year history — has been charged on counts of conspiracy,

Kevin Green walked his dog near the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline Sunday morning and, like many residents of New Orleans this weekend, thought about the squandered promise of Mayor LaToya Cantrell.