New Orleans has just hosted its 11th Super Bowl and is now looking to host a 12th. Andrew Greenstein reports.
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Kenner Police release new evidence in last week’s death of Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano, who was in New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl. Sean Richardson has more.
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Super Bowl 59 is in the books; now the NFL is looking ahead to Super Bowl 60, which will be played in Santa Clara, California, the home of the San Francisco 49ers. Mark Romig, the chief marketing officer of New Orleans and Company, says the Bay Area will have a tough act to follow.
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Romig says the city has gotten great feedback on its performance in hosting Super Bowl 59
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Romig says New Orleans literally welcomed the world to the city.
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Romig says New Orleans will be bidding to host another Super Bowl, but the earliest that can happen is 2030. After Santa Clara, the next two Super Bowls after that will be in Los Angeles and Atlanta, and the 2029 Super Bowl would coincide with Mardi Gras.
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Kenner Police have uncovered additional evidence linking Danette Colbert of Slidell to the suspicious death of Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano. Manzano was found unresponsive in a Kenner hotel room and later pronounced dead. Police Chief Keith Conley says they seized three cell phones were seized…
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Security footage from Project NOLA shows Colbert with Manzano together in the Quarter and later leaving his hotel room alone. Conley says more potential victims of Colbert have contacted Kenner PD claiming Colbert victimized them.
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Pending further investigation and toxicology results, charges could be upgraded to homicide. Forensic experts are now assisting in the case, and Conley expects toxicology reports to take several weeks.
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Lafayette Police say a murder-suicide happened on Johnston Street last night and the couple’s two children were present in the vehicle. Corporal Ashley Wood says the two victims from New Iberia were found in a white SUV, 47-year-old Shentell Brown and her husband 60-year-old Kevin Brown
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Wood says she died from her wounds and then Brown turns the gun on himself.
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Wood says two children in the backseat exited the vehicle; one flagged down a passing motorist for help.
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The Philadelphia Eagles are basking in the glory of their Super Bowl title. The Eagles dethroned the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 40-22, to win their second Super Bowl in franchise history. Philadelphia running back Saquon Barkley celebrated a birthday yesterday by winning a title…
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It was especially a big game for Eagles players with Louisiana ties. Former Saint Zack Baun returned to his old stomping grounds and intercepted a Patrick Mahomes pass late in the 2nd quarter to set up a touchdown that put the Eagles up 24-nothing at halftime.
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Baun was used almost exclusively on special teams while with the Saints and blossomed with the Eagles, earning Pro Bowl honors and was a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year. He says he’s going to take time to decompress and reflect on the breakout season he had.
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DeVonta Smith from Amite High School caught a 46-yard touchdown pass in the 3rd quarter that, for all intents and purposes, put the game away. And former Louisiana Tech Bulldog Milton Williams forced a fumble when he sacked Patrick Mahomes in the 4th quarter and recovered that fumble.