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There's no shortage of great stories on the New Orleans Saints beat. The team and its colorful fan base deliver compelling content on a daily basis. If you can't find great stories on the Saints, then you're not trying. I’ve written hundreds, maybe thousands, of Saints stories over the years,...

Jeff Duncan: The epic super fans series headlines my list of all-time favorite Saints stories

The Saints Insider podcast returned Tuesday live from Southern California, where Times-Picayune beat writer Matthew Paras and columnist Jeff Duncan played a game of "buy or sell" with the 2024 New Orleans Saints. There were four ideas, with Paras and Duncan each discussing whether they were buying or selling each:

Saints Insider discusses: Cam Jordan lining up on the inside? Time to replace Trevor Penning?

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Herbie J Pilato

In the mid-1970s, Good Timesmade a star of actor/comedian Jimmy 'JJ'/'Dynomite' Walker. However, behind the scenes, the tension between the stars was relatively challenging. According to what Jimmie Walker once relayed, most of the show's cast rarely had any interaction behind the camera. Walker didn't recall having any conversations with actress Esther Rolle, who played his TV mother, Florida Evans, or actor John Amos, who played James Evans, his TV mother.

Actor/Comedian Jimmie "JJ" Walker Behind the Scenes of TV's 'Good Times' in the 1970s

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all quotes and commentary from Donna Douglas are from an interview with her conducted by the author.]. Donna Douglas, who died of pancreative cancer at 82 in 2015, was an honest-to-goodness Southern Belle who displayed a natural beauty and talent in her portrayal of the hollering, rope-wearing, whistle-happy, and critter-cuddling Elly May Clampett on the 1960s classic TV hit, The Beverly Hillbillies.

TV's Beloved 'Beverly Hillbillies' Actress Donna Douglas: Nine Years After Her Death

Tampa, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

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Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes that appear in this article are from the author's direct interview with those mentioned.]. The original Perry Mason TV series starring Raymond Burr initially aired on CBS from 1957 to 1966. All these decades later, the show remains popular in syndication (and was recently reimagined in a new edition starring Matthew Rhys).

'Perry Mason' Actor Raymond Burr told co-star Richard Anderson, it's "all about the casting."

Louisiana State

Baton Rouge, LA

Joe Burrow is already a legend in Louisiana, but now he's cemented his legacy with a charitable gift that will make a huge impact in the lives of local students. The former LSU quarterback turned NFL star just announced that through his Joe Burrow Foundation, he will be donating nearly 30,000 meals to schools in three cities. Why nearly 30,000 meals? Because over his many years in the game, Burrow always wore the number nine on his football jersey, so he and Kodiak decided to donate 9,999 Kodiak meals to schools where kids are facing food insecurity.

LSU Legend Joe Burrow's Recent Good Deed Is A Total Touch Down For Baton Rouge School Kids

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Perkins caught up with LSU reporters on Monday, details his favorite food spot in Baton Rouge.

Is LSU Star Harold Perkins Eyeing a New NIL Opportunity?

South Carolina State

Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Denver, CO

David Heitz

No, pallet shelters for people experiencing homelessness don’t fold into caskets. It’s a question a reader posed one of the first times I wrote about pallet shelters. I find the pallet shelters to be more palatable than ice fishing tents. The Colorado Village Collaborative operates both micro-communities and the so-called Safe Outdoor Spaces with the tents. We all learned the tents are not safe when a fire roared through a CVC Safe Outdoor Space, destroying the compound quickly. Officials never disclosed a cause of the fire.

Opinion: No, pallet shelters for homeless in Denver, Aurora don’t fold into caskets

It was a day in court 15 years in the making for hundreds of Louisiana retirees who lost their fortunes in the second-largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. But a Baton Rouge jury decided that the Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions was not at fault for nearly $400 million in estimated losses the retirees suffered when they invested their life savings into Stanford International Bank rollover retirement accounts.

Louisiana found not liable for the $7 billion Stanford Trust Ponzi scheme. Here's why.

Cooking With Maryann

This recipe is sooo tasty! It truly is for garlic lovers! It involves sautéing onions and mushrooms in butter and oil until golden, then adding wine to reduce. Garlic, thyme, and parsley are stirred in for flavor, followed by seasoning with salt and pepper. The dish is garnished with additional parsley and served warm, making for a savory, aromatic side. Here's what you'll need to make it:

Garlic Mushrooms in Brown Butter Herb Sauce

Georgia State

Tallahassee, FL

Daily Coffee Press

The FBI is investigating the disappearance of a now 13-year-old girl who went missing from Florida last year and has ties to Georgia and Tennessee. A $15,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information that can lead to her location.

FBI Investigating Disappearance of 12-Year-Old Girl Who Has Ties to Georgia

Kansas State

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Missouri State

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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

LSU cornerback Ashton Stamps remains atop the Depth Chart, poised for breakout sophomore campaign.

The Rise of LSU CB Ashton Stamps: How Corey Raymond Helped Pave the Way

IRVINE, Calif. — You’re probably wondering about Trevor Penning. And if you are, you aren’t alone. The third-year right tackle for the Saints has become the lightning rod of training camp. Everyone has an opinion about the towering tackle from Northern Iowa, and most of them are negative.

Jeff Duncan: It's too early to give up on Trevor Penning. But the clock is ticking

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There was a theme to Brian Kelly’s hires this offseason. Several coaches brought on were returning to LSU for their second or third stint in Baton Rouge. In the case of new defensive coordinator Blake Baker, he’s back for his second go-round after serving as LSU’s linebackers coach in 2021.
That meant saying goodbye to Missouri, where Baker worked as the defensive coordinator prior to his return. Last week, Baker discussed what led him back to LSU.
“It was bittersweet. I knew this was home. I knew this was my family’s home. But at the same time, I enjoyed my time in...

Blake Baker on what led him to leave Missouri and return to LSU

ActressMelody Patterson, who died at only 66 in 2015, found fame as eagle-eye shootist Wrangler Jane on ABC TV's 1965-67 military-geared sitcom F Troop, which also starred Ken Berry, Larry Storch and Forrest Tucker.

A Look Back at the Famed Life and Tragic Death of TV's 'F Troop' Star Melody Patterson

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

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Is it time to give up on Penning? More Rattler-Haener talk: Eric Asher on Dattitude, Ep. 266

We had such an outpouring of debate on both the Trevor Penning debacle and the debate of who should be QB2 – Spencer Rattler or Jake...

Is it time to give up on Penning? More Rattler-Haener talk: Eric Asher on Dattitude, Ep. 266

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