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Tales of the Cocktail include some Park City stories
Park City will be well represented at the Tales of the Cocktail conference that will run from July 21-26 in New Orleans. High West Saloon‘s Matthew Huntley and Nicole Kuo Stankovic from Szechwan Chinese Kitchen will be on site as Grey Coat mentors in the Cocktail Apprenticeship Program (CAP), while High West Saloon’s Arianna Hone will be there, fittingly, in spirit.
No Progress In Extension Talks Between Saints, Alvin Kamara
The five-time Pro Bowler walked out of New Orleans’ final minicamp practice as a sign of his unhappiness with his current situation. He is on the books for two more years, but his 2025 salary ($22.4MM) is not guaranteed and has long been seen as a means of artificially inflating the overall value of his pact. With training camp looming, progress on negotiations will be a key storyline to follow for Kamara and the team.
Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation announces new board members
NEW ORLEANS – The Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation is proud to announce two local leaders have been selected to join its Board of Directors. Wendy Brunet Burns and Patrick Kiernan were nominated and approved by the board at the June meeting. Burns and Kiernan bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to support the Sports Foundation’s mission of attracting and managing major sporting events that create economic impact and positive media opportunities for the State of Louisiana and the Greater New Orleans area.
Photo gallery: Five After Five concert series returns to Five Points
Five After Five was never gone. It simply took a seven-year break. The free concert series hosted by the Five Points Association returned Thursday for the first time since 2017, with Mark Rapp & Soda City Brass Band performing the music of New Orleans. "Five After Five has delighted generations...
VIDEO REPORT: Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans has strong ties to Olympic sailing
MIAMI — The Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans is home to four U.S. Sailing Olympic medalists including Gilbert Gray who in 1932 won a Gold Medal in Los Angeles in the Star Class, G. Shelby Friedrichs Jr. won Gold in the Dragon Class in Mexico City, 1968 and most recently, John C. Lovell who received a Silver Medal in Athens in 2004 as well as numerous other national and international champions.
Saints' toughest offseason departure is a tie between two veterans
Deciding who was the toughest departure for the New Orleans Saints came down to Michael Thomas and Andrus Peat. Balancing talent, importance and availability led to these two veterans being tied at number one. Fans have been calling for Peat’s departure for years, but now that he’s gone, it feels...
Explore Mayan art in NOMA's permanent collection, beginning with this classic wall panel
Escape the heat this summer and immerse yourself in the art of the ancient Americas at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Right off the elevator, you’ll be able to explore the monumentality and naturalism of Mayan art from Campeche, Chiapas, Copán and El Petén. On view...
Blake Pontchartrain: In the '60s, the Brennan Family's ambitious expansion led them to Texas
I came across an old 1960s magazine ad for Brennan’s which lists other locations in Dallas and Houston. When did they open and what is their history?. The Brennans have rightly been called the first family of New Orleans cuisine, with more than a dozen restaurants here and across the country owned and operated by members of the family.
Jeffrey Vappie lied to cover up romantic relationship with Mayor LaToya Cantrell, prosecutors allege
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Former New Orleans police officer Jeffrey Vappie was indicted on Friday, July 19, by a federal grand jury. Vappie faces seven counts of wire fraud for collecting money during time he drew a taxpayer salary while allegedly “he was engaged in personal activities, including carrying on a personal and romantic relationship with Public Official 1.” He also faces one count of making false statements to the FBI for denying the existence of such a relationship during the investigation. A summons has been issued for his arrest.
Some Uptown area residents could see low water pressure this weekend
NEW ORLEANS — Some Uptown area residents may have lower than normal water pressure this weekend as the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board works on a water main. The 48-inch water main transmission on South Claiborne Avenue and Napoleon Avenue will be closed on Saturday at 8 a.m.
OMV encouraging customers to reschedule appointments due to global outages
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles is reporting varying degrees of outages at its offices statewide due to the global IT outages. Earlier today, the OMV could not process any transactions, and while systems are starting to come back online, customers will likely still experience wait times at their OMV offices, officials said.
New Orleans Company Nets $11M Contract for Military VR
(TNS) — As military training gets more high-tech, U.S. Army soldiers have been testing out a new kind of mock firearm made by a New Orleans tech company — one that doesn't fire real bullets but feels realistic when used in a virtual reality scenario. Haptech Inc., located...
Past outages helped New Orleans City Hall stay online during Cyberstrike outage
“We did have some shared programs through Microsoft that were running a little bit slower,” New Orleans homeland security director Collin Arnold said, noting that those systems returned to normal after a reboot.
Executive Development Program kicks off the start of a very promising year
The America's Newspapers Executive Development Program kicked off this week in New Orleans. The 17 participants selected for participation in the 2024-25 Class met Tuesday afternoon at the offices of The Times-Picayune for a welcome session, before a group dinner that evening. Topics of discussion and presenters over the next...
Heavy downpours moving through mid-day Friday
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Heavy downpours with showers and storms are moving through once again Friday. These are moving more than the activity on Thursday so that should limit flood potential. However rainfall rates will stay high heading in to next week. The ground is fairly saturated so be aware of flash flooding concerns over the next few days.
Deuce: If Saints want success in 2024 'they've got to get pressure'
There are a lot of ways the Saints could potentially improve in the 2024 season, but one area in particular stands out to WWL Radio color analyst Deuce McAllister. Here’s what he had to say on SportsTalk this week.
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