Checchio becomes new archbishop of New Orleans

⛪️ It's official: James Checchio is the new archbishop of New Orleans. Pope Leo XIV accepted Gregory Aymond's retirement yesterday. (WWL)

🎶 Britney Spears, a Kentwood native, sold the rights to her entire music catalog for about $200 million. (BBC)

🚧 The city plans to use $6.25M to expedite street repairs through an in-house paving unit. (Press release)

🦈 A 12-foot Great White shark is swimming off the coast of Louisiana. It was tracked in Nova Scotia last fall. (Fox 8)

🎉 Uptown parades are rolling earlier tonight than last year. New schedule:

• 4:30pm Chaos
• 5:30pm Babylon
• 6pm Muses. Soledad O'Brien is the honorary muse in the high heel float.

Fun fact: The Royal Artists use historic wooden wagon bases for several of the Chaos and Babylon floats.

• Chaos uses Momus' old floats. Momus stopped parading in 1992, but they still hold a ball on Fat Tuesday.