| By Drew Broach | Deputy metro editor
COACH WATCH: The Saints are several weeks behind the start of the NFL hiring cycle, and they are now one of eight teams seeking a new head coach. Here's whom they might target to succeed Sean Payton.
CLOSET CASE: A 7th Ward woman reported her husband missing. New Orleans police found him dead in a closet of their home Tuesday, shot in the back of the head and underneath a three-foot-tall pile of clothes. They booked his widow with murder.
POSTER CHILD: Jon Batiste is celebrated on the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival’s commemorative poster. That makes sense, for the St. Augustine High School and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts graduate is enjoying the biggest year of his career. But incongruously, he’s not on the festival's list of performers. Here's why.
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