| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Mobile home moguls: If you haven’t heard of Lucky Communities before, you might soon. The company, which is buying up mobile home parks across the south – including the New Orleans area -- has an ambitious plan to own 10,000 mobile homesites by 2025, business writer Tony McAuley reports.
COVID: The virus that upended our lives a few years back isn’t gone, but you knew that. Louisiana health experts say COVID has morphed into a virus that spreads easily but tends to be less severe, Rebecca Holland reports. But don’t ever look for it to disappear.
Digging up our history: Deep in Kisatchie National Forest, archeologists are probing evidence of some of Louisiana’s first inhabitants, including spearpoints dating back some 12,000 years and another artifact going back even farther. One problem? Looters, Faimon Roberts reports.
Cocktail tales: Tales of the Cocktail turns 21 this year. The week-long drink fest opened Sunday, and our drinking and dining guru Ian McNulty offers this take on the event(s).
Saints X-Factors: It's that time of year again. The Saints open training camp later this week and beat writer Luke Johnson offers up four "X-Factors" for this season, Michael Thomas and Wil Lutz among them.
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