TIME OUT: Joe Horn was one of the most colorful characters in New Orleans Saints history, a Pro Bowl wide receiver who celebrated catches with herky-jerky dance moves, sometimes referred to himself in the third person and once capped a touchdown by pulling a hidden phone from the goalpost and pretending to call his son. On Wednesday, however, Horn was sentenced to three years of probation for defrauding a health care program for retired National Football League players.
CHAOS IN THE CROWD: The Travis Scott Astroworld tragedy might have made for the deadliest musical festival in11 years. But it was hardly the first case of concert panic, even one where Scott performed, as those present for Lil Wayne’s 2019 Lil Weezyana Fest at the University of New Orleans will remember.
PARTING WAYS: David McClintock created the Jefferson Parish inspector general's office from scratch in 2013, after a national search led to his hiring in the wake of the Aaron Broussard scandal. Now his tenure is coming to an end, as his bosses voted 4-0 not to renew his contract when it expires in March.
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New Orleans has never experienced a music festival tragedy on par with last weekend’s disaster at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld in Houston, where eight people died and hundreds were injured. Read more
The group that oversees Jefferson Parish Inspector General David McClintock voted Wednesday to not renew McClintock's contract, meaning the parish's first -- and at-times controversial -- inspector general will likely depart when his contract expires next March. Read more
