THE LONGEST YARD: Joe Horn set team receiving records for the New Orleans Saints and earned several berths to the Pro Bowl. Now he might be headed to prison for 10 to 16 months, for a scheme to defraud a health care program for retired National Football League players.
BREAKTHROUGH: New Orleans police secured an arrest warrant Friday in one of their biggest unsolved cases in recent memory, the 2018 mass shooting that killed three people and wounded seven others outside the Jazz Daiquiris Lounge on South Claiborne Avenue.
TEST CASE: New Orleans' first float parade in 18 months will be shorter than planned. When the Krewe of BOO! rolls Saturday night, it won't loop up and down Canal Street because there are not enough police officers available to staff the route.Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the parade will be a test case for whether to allow Mardi Gras season parades in 2022.
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