 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Dennis Allen fired: The Saints are now looking for a new head coach. The team has fired Dennis Allen, one day after a loss to the lowly Panthers pushed the Saints’ losing streak to seven games. Here's Jeff Duncan's take. And there's a lot more at our Saints landing page on nola.com.
Weather watch: The calendar says November, but we’re still keeping an eye on some potentially rough weather brewing down in the tropics. Tropical Storm Raphael could emerge today, forecasters say. Ugh.
Election Day: Tomorrow is Election Day. (As if we could forget!) State politics reporter Tyler Bridges tells us what's at stake for Louisiana. Besides the presidential race, voters across the metro area will decide a handful of local issues.
Comeback kid: A woodpecker once thought to be on the brink of extinction is making a comeback. We followed a couple of biologists into the Big Branch Wildlife Refuge in Lacombe recently to check on the red cockaded woodpeckers.
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