BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer Slow but steady. From its humble beginnings as a fleet of flatboats and fishermen in shrimp boots, the United Cajun Navy now has an ever-growing network of chapters reaching as far as Hawaii and North Carolina with millions in funds to manage. Staff writer Alena Maschke documents the triumphs and tribulations of the nonprofit, which is now building a headquarters at Baton Rouge Metro Airport. Ouch! This truth hurts. When the worst team in the league gives you your seventh straight loss, you become the NFL’s worst team. So says sports columnist Rod Walker about the Saints' 23-22 loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers. "This latest loss was the nail in the coffin on this season and perhaps also the nail in the coffin on Dennis Allen’s head coaching career," Walker writes. Critters, Louisiana style. The recent executions — er, euthanasia — of TikTok sensations Peanut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon in upstate New York had me thinking about Louisiana's own Neuty the Nutria. We've been so much nicer to Neuty, as evidenced in this 2023 account of Neuty's visit to the State Capitol. | 