Nottoway Plantation mansion fire still under investigation; evidence sent to ATF Crime Lab

Managing Editor’s Message: Mental crisis for kids, Target FAFO, Nottoway plantation burns

What’s really going on with Houston kids?I’ve been thinking about this Texas Children’s Hospital report since the numbers dropped. In one month, April alone, 647 kids came to the ER for behavioral health issues like depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. That’s 200 more than usual. That’s not just alarming—it’s heartbreaking.Mental health professionals say this isn’t new. It started before COVID and has only gotten worse with the state of th…

The Burning of Nottoway and the New Pope: American Identity and the Future of Catholicism

The past six weeks have been filled with news in both the United States and the world at large. April 19 was the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, which opened the American Revolution, resulting in our independence in 1783. This semiquincentennial has received much less attention—outside the particular localities directly involved—than the bicentennial did 50… Source

Zachary pastor reflects on Louisiana history following Nottoway Plantation fire

ZACHARY, La. (Louisiana First) — The Redwood Baptist Church was first organized in 1857 by slaves, according to the church's pastor. Following the Nottoway fire this month, he reflected on the way slaves are contextualized in Louisiana's history. Pastor Dale Flowers said he never visited Nottoway, which was finished in 1859 in White Castle. He said following the May 15 fire, he noticed online debates on social media about the plantation's legacy…

OP-ED: Not All History Is Worth Preserving: What The Destruction Of Nottoway Plantation Turned “Resort” Reveals About America

By Jameelah Nasheed ·Updated May 29, 2025 Video footage of Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation engulfed in flames spread fast on May 15 and the days that followed. What was once the largest antebellum mansion still standing in the South had caught on fire. Around the same time the fire swept through Nottoway, a tree fell and destroyed part of a Confederate museum in North Carolina — an eerie coincidence that felt almost symbolic. In a country that s…

Nottoway Plantation mansion fire still under investigation; evidence sent to ATF Crime Lab

IBERVILLE PARISH, La. (NEWS 15) — Investigators still don’t know exactly what sparked the fire that destroyed a historic Louisiana plantation mansion earlier this month. The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and…