BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer Sunday's Super Bowl spectacular in New Orleans featured the likes of President Donald Trump, singer Taylor Swift and a slew of Louisiana talent as the Philadelphia Eagles posted a 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Staff writer Matthew Paras writes that Eagles delivered a master class in defensive performance. Sports columnist Jeff Duncan sums it up: "The biggest show in the world came to town, and New Orleans didn't just deliver. The city raised the bar." Trump, the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, met with first responders and families of victims of last month's terrorist attack on Bourbon Street. He and other movers-and-shakers watched the game from Gayle Benson's suite. And what about that pregame show! A federal judge chided Baton Rouge police over its history of chases, but reluctantly removed the agency from a civil case in which the plaintiffs claim a 2022 BRPD chase that ended up in West Baton Rouge led to an Addis police officer joining the chase, speeding through a red light and killing two innocent teens. Staff writer Matt Bruce delves into the details. Last month's epic snowstorm, which struck the day after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, paralyzed the entire area for the rest of the week, yet public schools varied in how they classified the four post-holiday days when campuses were clear of students and teachers. Learn more about the situation from staff writer Charles Lussier. |