It's still PSL season at Starbucks, though you may have to go a little further to find one. Photo: Courtesy of Starbucks
☕️ At least three New Orleans-area Starbucks locations will close as the chain goes through a $1B restructure. (WWL)
👎 Losses stacked up for LSU and the Saints this weekend.
The Tigers fell to Ole Miss, 24-19, and fell nine spots to No. 13 in the AP rankings as a result.
And the Saints' 31-19 loss to the undefeated Bills handed Kellen Moore the worst debut for a New Orleans head coach since the team's inception. Neat. (USA Today)
🌊 But hey! Tulane gave Tulsa a 31-14 beating. (Recap)
🚨 A new missing persons alert system is in the works for New Orleans after 12-year-old Bryan Vasquez's death made plain a limitation in options officials have to raise the alarm when vulnerable young people go missing. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
⛴️ The RTA is back to its regular ferry schedule after officials say the summer trial wasn't popular enough to maintain, a press release says.
Meanwhile, CDW Services scored the $9.5 million contract to renovate the Algiers Ferry Terminal and adjacent maintenance building. Construction should begin this year with the new terminal open by September 2026.
