Derek Carr has announced he’s retiring from the NFL. The Saints Organization announced the news on X this morning. Carr had was diagnosed with a labral tear in his right shoulder and degenerative changes to his rotator cuff in late March not long after beginning to throw again after the left hand injury he sustained in December. The report says after consulting with his wife Heather, Carr has decided it is in the best interests of both his family and the Saints organization to retire from the League.
A Shreveport native and Grambling State University student who was homeless and sleeping in his mother’s car was elected president of the National Youth Program, representing over 80-thousand students. Austin Small says he didn’t let being homeless define who he was and knew he was meant for something great. He says the Jobs for American Graduates program has taught him patience, responsibility and leadership.
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Not only was Pope Leo the 14th born in Chicago, but he has roots in New Orleans. Jari Honora (zhah-REE AHN-uh-ray), a family historian at The Historic New Orleans Collection, started digging into the former Robert Prevost’s family after hearing his last name, and he was amazed at what he found.
Honora says the pope’s mother is the only one among her siblings who was born outside of New Orleans.
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Louisiana’s own Lainey Wilson dominated the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, winning entertainer of the year for the second consecutive time, as well as female artist and album of the year. The Franklin Parish native says ever since she was a kid in Louisiana, playing with her sister that she has always dreamed about entertaining people.
Speaking of wins, the LSU baseball Tiers won a baseball game after one o’ clock in the morning for the second time this season as they outlasted the Arkansas Razorbacks five to four in ten innings. Jared Jones scored the winning run on a headfirst slide into home. Zac Cowan was the winning pitcher.