| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Issue? What issue? First, there was an “issue” between Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos, who are looking for a new coach and might have their sights set on Payton. Then, there wasn’t. So what gives? Here's the latest on Payton, the former Who Dat! coach who has been a hot commodity on the NFL coaching job circuit. Want more Saints coverage? Sign up for our Saints Insider newsletter.
Hiring snags: Months after the New Orleans Police Department announced it was creating 50 new civilian positions to help boost the agency’s workforce, not a single new person has been hired. Missy Wilkinson tells us why.
Telling stories: If you haven’t heard, things can be a little tough these days in the newspaper business. But that didn’t stop a pair of women from buying the community paper in small-town Lake Providence. Reporter Faimon Roberts and photographer Chris Granger found this gem of a story in the northeastern corner of Louisiana.
Rescued recipes: Our food guy Ian McNulty writes today about the touching collaboration between celeb chef Alon Shaya and a 91-year-old man whose family was swept into the horrors of the Holocaust in World War II Europe. For even more food and drink coverage, please sign up for our Where NOLA Eats newsletter.
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