Jericho Brown is a poet and Shreveport native. He plans to use the $800,000 grant to help support his aging parents and pursue his creative work. Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
🧠 Dillard and UNO alumnus Jericho Brown won a MacArthur "genius grant." (Axios Atlanta)
🪧 Striking dockworkers say they'll return to work after reaching a tentative deal with the United States Maritime Alliance. (Axios)
💐 Richard Simmons' public memorial at the St. Louis Cathedral is tomorrow. Doors open at 10am for Mass at 11am. A "Sweatin' to the Oldies" workout will follow, with a second-line to close the event. (Obituary and details)
🧑🍳 Chef Gordon Ramsay is in town filming for a new season of "Kitchen Nightmares," but he's having some dreamy meals, too. We've spotted him in social media posts at L'il Dizzy's, Brennan's, Acamaya and Morrow Steak.
🚲 Hurricane Francine took out at least 80 Blue Bikes as the program's number of operational bikes dwindles. City officials hope the fleet grows soon. (WWNO)
Kaitlyn Joshua, a Baton Rouge woman, was named one of Glamour magazine's Women of the Year for her abortion activism. (Glamour)
