Coach O ’s departure looms. And what was left of an old New Orleans wharf burns up.

The Front Page: Coach O’s departure looms. And what was left of an old New Orleans wharf burns up.

By Ramon Antonio Vargas

CHRONICLE OF AN ANNOUNCED EXIT: People who make their living coaching high-stakes football know life comes at you fast. LSU coach Ed Orgeron becomes the latest reminder.

He and LSU have reached a mutual agreement for Oregeron to leave at the end of this season, less than two years after he and one of the best teams in college football history captured the Tigers’ fourth national championship, The Advocate’s Wilson Alexander and Scott Rabalais tell us.

BLAZE BURNS UP OLD NEW ORLEANS WHARF: What was left of the old Market Street Wharf along the Mississippi River spectacularly went up in flames and smoke late Saturday night, according to the New Orleans Fire Department.

There was an event involving a fireworks display in the vicinity of the blaze. But officials did not immediately determine a potential cause for the fire, which was the second large one at the abandoned wharf in 15 years.

ST. JOHN STUDENTS RETURN: St. John the Baptist Parish’s public school students and teachers remain displaced by Hurricane Ida. Nonetheless, they are fighting to get back to the classroom, with all schools slated to reopen, even if most don’t go back to their home campuses, our Marie Fazio reports.

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R.A.V.