Former Kmart site to be redeveloped into apartment complex

🏗️ The former Kmart site in Elmwood is being redeveloped into a 251-unit apartment complex called The Francis. (Press release)

🎶 Wilson Phillips and John Waite will headline Uncle Sam Jam this year, officials announced yesterday. (Facebook)

📦 Freedom Intermodal is adding a packaging facility to support Port NOLA and the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad. (Biz New Orleans)

🏛️ "Mega" immigration hearings have begun in New Orleans. Immigration advocates say the hearings lead to increased deportations. (Verite)

A second detainee has died in less than two months at the ICE detention facility in Winnfield. (AP)