Jeff: LSU should beat Ole Miss, if they play to their capability
Two teams looking to finish the season strong meet in Oxford on Saturday as 10th ranked LSU visits Ole Miss. The winner of this game will likely find itself in the Captial One Bowl on New Year's Day. If LSU loses, they could spend the New Year's holiday weekend in Dallas for the Cotton Bowl...
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KKK plans to protest at Ole Miss over song, chant
Ku Klux Klansmen said they plan to protest Saturday over what they see as lost Southern symbolism at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, and some students plan to counter-protest the segregationist group. Shane Tate of Tupelo, grand titan of the Mississippi White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, said members of his group are unhappy that...
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Northshore businessman indicted in alleged Ponzi scheme
A federal grand jury has indicted a Louisiana businessman on charges he defrauded investors out of roughly $19.5 million in what prosecutors call a Ponzi scheme. The 63-count indictment handed up today says Matthew B ...Read More
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Death of Drew Brees' mother ruled a suicide
The death of the mother of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees has been ruled a suicide. Mina Brees, an attorney from Austin, Texas, died August 7th while visiting Colorado. This week, Grand County coroner Brenda Bock concluded that she died of a prescription drug overdose and ruled the death a suicide ...Read More
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Sharper probable for Tampa headlines injury report
The Saints today announced the pre-game injuries as they prepare to take on the Buc's in Tampa. The good news is that safety Darren Sharper is probable for the game after taking part in his first full practice in a couple of weeks with a knee injury...Read More
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Deke: Saints should be licking their chops to play Bucs
Although Tampa QB Josh Freeman poses the biggest challenge of the three rookies the New Orleans defense has seen this season, the Saints should be licking their chops to get a shot at this youngster...
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Sweet Sixteen Action in the Prep Football Playoffs
Last week the Louisiana High School Football Playoffs started with 32 teams in each of the 5 classifications. Week 2 of the post season has 16 teams in each class with dreams still alive for a state championship. Among the action on the second Friday Night of the post season...
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KKK to protest at LSU - Ole Miss game
LSU fans heading to Oxford Mississippi may encounter the Ku Klux Klan as they go to the LSU - Ole Miss game on Saturday. It stems from the university ending a tradition at football games. The band has been instructed to stop playing a medley in which many fans in the stands chant "The South shall rise again ...Read More
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Blight drops by 8,000 homes
The level of blight in New Orleans dropped over the last year, at a time when efforts to reduce blight in many other cities was stagnant at best. There are 8,000 fewer blighted houses in New Orleans, says Allison Plyer, co-director of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center ...Read More
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St. Benard locking up parents of truant kids
A new truancy law is being strictly enforced in St. Bernard Parish these days, and now the emphasis is on the parents to make sure the kids go to school. Officials say so far this year around 30 parents have been arrested and many more have been warned ...Read More
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Kristian: Saints players know they have to work harder to go all the way
9 and 0... Perfect, right? Not if you take a stroll through the Saints locker room and ask around. "This isn't a very happy locker room right now, guys are upset, because we want to play so much better," defensive tackle Anthony Hargrove told me ...Read More
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Fans pack sold out shows at midnight for the new Twilight film
Movie theaters across the country were filled to capacity at midnight when the film, "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" premiered. Screenings sold out show after show around the region too. The second film of the four-part "Twilight" series about a teenager, a vampire, and a werewolf drew record crowds ...Read More
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Stojakovic leads Hornets past Suns 110-103
The rookie didn't flinch in crunch time and the old veteran couldn't miss. Darren Collison's poise and Peja Stojakovic's sharp shooting provided the 1-2 punch the suddenly surging New Orleans Hornets needed to pull out a surprising 110-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night ...Read More
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Saints fans already looking to playoffs
In a season of firsts, Black & Gold fans are now guessing how, not if, their Saints will land in postseason action. NFL analyst Mike Detillier says that as things stand now, the Saints need to win three more games to lock up the NFC South to secure aplayoff bid ...Read More
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Help preserve the po' boy!
Po' boy preservationists are out to prove our sandwich has the upper crust and the national franchises just don't cut the mustard. Thousands of New Orleanians are expected to crunch into a party for the city's most famous sandwich this weekend ...Read More
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Another Jefferson jailer jailed
Police say yet another corrections officer working at the Jefferson Parish jail has been arrested. In a press release, JPSO Col. John Fortuanto said that 41-year-old Cecelia A. Mani admitted to stealing $60 in bond money from the facility's intake booking area ...Read More
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Video: Drew Brees in PSA with the President
President Barack Obama will appear with NFL players Drew Brees, Troy Polamalu and DeMarcus Ware in a public service announcement that will air during the league's Thanksgiving games. The 90-second spot shows Obama and the NFL stars playing touch football with local children on the White House lawn ...Read More
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French Quarter art dealers sentenced for fraud
Two local art dealers face jail time after prosecutors say the couple passed off overseas artwork as the work of local and regional artists. According to federal investigators, Christopher Breithoff and his mother Constance Breithoff, of Covington, operated the Barlow Art Gallery in the 800 block of the French Quarter ...Read More
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Landrieu still "undecided" on whether to vote for health care overhaul
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's health care bill has millions of dollars to help Louisiana finance Medicaid at a time when he is hoping that state's wavering Democratic senator will support overhaul legislation ...Read More
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Saints ask for fans' help with safety at airport returns
The New Orleans Saints today asked fans who turn out at the International Airport to welcome the team home to refrain from approaching the players' cars as they depart from the airport. As the Saints' winning streak has grown, crowds have progressively grown as well when the team returns triumphantly to the city ...Read More
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Corps liable for lives as well as property?
On the heels of a landmark legal ruling that found the Army Corps of Engineers liable for much of the flooding following Katrina, attorneys in the case say the Corps could be liable for the destruction of lives as well as the destruction of property ...Read More
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Bush misses practice for a 2nd day
Saints running back Reggie Bush missed practice for a second day, after "tweaking" his knee in last weekend's game against the Rams. Team officials said there was some swelling again today, so Reggie backed off practicing for a second day ...Read More
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Northshore pharmacy tech booked with prescription fraud
Authorities say a Slidell pharmacy technician allegedly scored nearly 40 prescriptions for hydrocodone by manipulating the computer system at the Walgreens where she worked. Slidell Police spokesman Capt ...Read More
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Police: dad leaves 2-year-old girl in car while he gets haircut
Kenner police today say a local man put his toddler daughter at serious risk so he could get a haircut. Police say 22-year-old Jeremy Allen left his two-year-old daughter unattended, sleeping in the back seat of his car, while he went to a barbershop in a strip mall on Williams Boulevard near Third Street ...Read More
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Broussard says he didn't pressure CAO to quit amid corruption allegations
The president of Jefferson Parish is talking today about allegations of corruption inside his administration. WWL First News talked to Aaron Broussard about Chief Administrative Officer Tim Whitmer's retirement amid allegations he illegally funneled parish insurance contracts to a company he owns...
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Colo hurricane team says its '09 forecast was high
Colorado-based weather researchers say three hurricanes formed in the Atlantic this year, two fewer than they predicted before the season and one less than their August update called for. Colorado State University researchers William Gray and Phil Klotzbach said Thursday their preseason forecasts called for 11 named storms, including five hurricanes, two of them major ...Read More
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QB to QB Brees and Bobby
Drew Brees and our QB the Cajun Cannon their weekly QB to QB chat on WWL Saints Radio. Drew and Bobby reviewed the Saints 28-23 win over the Rams and they also discussed the Saints up coming game against the Tampa Bay Bucs ...Read More
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Broussard's top aid stepping aside amid allegations
Allegations of corruption inside the Broussard administration have changes coming in Jefferson Parish. Parish President Aaron Broussard says his chief administrative officer, Tim Whitmer will be replaced as of February 1st ...Read More
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Bullock hosts red carpet premiere in New Orleans
Hollywood South gets true star treatment tonight as New Orleans rolls out the red carpet for a true Hollywood-style premiere. Actress Sandra Bullock is hosting a New Orleans benefit premiere of her new movie 'The Blind Side' this evening at the Prytania Theatre ...Read More
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Mayoral TV ad drops the "F-bomb"
A somewhat unusual television ad for New Orleans candidate for mayor James Perry starts running today on local television stations. In the ad, actors representing local voters blurt out "are you f****g kidding me" and "are you sh*****g me?" The (bleeped) outburts in the ad are purportedly in response to a narrator deriding "career politicians" running for mayor ...Read More
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