Also: Catfish and cocktails
| By Bob Warren Enough already: Get ready for a lot of rain over the next few days. Tropical Storm Nicholas is moving across Texas now, but is expected to make its way to Louisiana and bring us up to 10 inches of rain. Just what our wrecked roofs and debris piles need…. Oh yeah, the pandemic: Digging out from Hurricane Ida, sometimes we forget we're still fighting a pandemic. This morning, sportswriter Amie Just reports on a number of COVID cases among Saints coaches. Stay wth us for more as this story unfolds. Spotters, slammers . . . indictments: Over the last few years the feds have been slowly peeling back layers of an audacious scheme in which drivers crashed vehicles into 18-wheelers to win insurance bogus payouts. More indictments were announced Monday. John Simerman has the latest news about “Operation Sideswipe.” Catfish and cocktails: Hurricane Ida blew right over the tiny fishing community of Des Allemands on the St. Charles-Lafourche parish line. Spahr’s Seafood Restaurant, with its iconic catfish sculpture that beckons hungry drivers to pull off Highway 90 for fried fish, wasn’t spared. But the owners tell our Ian McNulty they plan to come back and will reopen as soon as possible. And many more: NOLA noted an important birthday over the weekend. Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran, celebrated his 112th go-round Sunday at his Central City home. Happy birthday. Thanks for taking a break with the Lunch Line today. BW |
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| The system is forecast to creep east "hugging the I-10 corridor over the next few days." Read more |
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| Nicholas could drop up to 10 inches of rain on metro New Orleans through Friday. Read more |
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| The storm could bring "life-threatening" flash flooding across the Deep South for the next few days. Read more |
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| FORT WORTH, Texas — Multiple New Orleans Saints offensive assistant coaches have tested positive for COVID-19, sources told the Times-Picayune, which places the team in intensive protocols ahead of Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers. Read more |
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| The latest federal indictment over a brazen scheme to crash vehicles into 18-wheelers for insurance money names seven new defendants accused of participating in fraudulent wrecks — while claiming that several attorneys with a New Orleans law firm were in on the conspiracy. Read more |
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| Frank’s Lounge was dark and hot as Reva Kramer worked inside, mucking out mud that Hurricane Ida had pushed across the bar's floor. And yet, more than once, a would-be bar patron ducked in to ask if she could make a bloody Mary Read more |
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| New Orleans native, Lawrence Brooks celebrates his 112th birthday Monday with friends from the VA. with a drive-by vehicle parade at his home🏆 Read more |
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