In the wake of her death, flowers, candles and a sign formed a memorial for the woman in the store’s parking lot.

It came after Salvatore Longo took a deal in May, pleading guilty to negligent homicide with a motor vehicle and evading responsibility in the death of Marie Jean-Charles, a beloved supermarket ...

ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES — The Jean Charles Choctaw Nation (JCCN), represented by EarthRights International, submitted Dec. 21 a formal federal civil rights complaint against the State of Louisiana ...

Régine Jean-Charles—who spent 13 years as a professor, mentor, and colleague at Boston College—accepted a position as a full professor at Northeastern University this summer. Jean-Charles first came ...

Brunet is among the first members of the local Choctaw tribe to move from Isle de Jean Charles in Terrebonne Parish into an enclave of about two dozen homes – so far – about 40 miles away in Gray. Gov ...

Isle de Jean Charles resident Hilton Chaisson said "I was born here and I'm going to die here," in July 2016, but also conceded that things are getting worse with each passing storm.

Isle de Jean Charles is just a fraction of what it once was, due to coastal erosion caused by oil and gas canals carved through coastal marshes, natural subsidence, and sea level rise.

An Isle de Jean Charles home is seen Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, top, and again on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021, four days after Hurricane Ida struck. STAF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD ...

Yelitsa Jean-Charles became an entrepreneur after she crafted a Rapunzel figurine out of aluminum foil, clay and hot glue. The CEO and founder of Healthy Roots Dolls wanted young girls of color to ...