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Rob Masson

Reporter · US

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Sep 25, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Rob Masson

    Pete Fountain’s family hopes to save his childhood home (opens the original)

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    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The City of New Orleans says it will hold a hearing soon to discuss the future of one of the city’s most endangered historic sites. Preservationists are beefing up efforts to save the boyhood home of the late clarinetist Pete Fountain. He was a musical ambassador known worldwide for much of the last 60 years. Fountain’s clarinet first echoed on North White Street in Mid-City after his childhood doctor told him to take up a wind instrument to strengthen his lungs when he was

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Rob Masson

    Criminal justice advocates worry about cuts to NOPD civilian positions (opens the original)

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    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - People who have worked on criminal justice reforms for decades hope they find solutions to prevent major setbacks. The mayor has proposed 2% cuts to the New Orleans Police Department’s budget, but she says she’s committed to keeping front-line first responders on the job. Now that Mayor Moreno has proposed $77 million in cuts, including $4.7 million from the police department, there are concerns. “There will definitely be some pain felt by everybody involved,” said Melanie T

  3. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Rob Masson

    Watchdog questions how JPSO lieutenant returned after past investigations (opens the original)

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    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A crime watchdog is questioning how a Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office lieutenant who previously left law enforcement agencies while under investigation was later rehired before being fired following a DWI arrest Monday. Lt. Aaron Verrette, 51, of Metairie, was arrested Sept. 21 after deputies responded to a report of a man asleep behind the wheel of a vehicle in the 1700 block of Veterans Memorial Boulevard. JPSO said Verrette initially drove away when deputies approached

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Rob Masson

    Australian battery company bringing six-figure jobs to New Orleans East (opens the original)

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    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - An Australian battery technology company is establishing its U.S. headquarters in New Orleans East, bringing dozens of six-figure jobs and the potential for more growth. Sicona Battery Technologies plans to locate its U.S. headquarters at the New Orleans East Regional Business Park. “We’ve never had a base here. This is our home now for what we want to do in America,” Sicona Battery President Christiaan Jordaan said. The company develops silicon-based technology designed to

  5. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Rob Masson

    Louisiana expands alligator hunt as population swells to 3 million (opens the original)

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    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After deadly alligator attacks in urban areas — one killing a 12-year-old boy, another a family dog — the state is expanding its recreational gator hunt. The first round of a gator lottery is over, and next month, hunters could take up to 10,000 more alligators. Louisiana’s alligator population is thriving, with six over 10 feet long spotted in the Caernarvon Canal below Violet just this week. Local gator hunters say these gators are often fed by humans — a practice that is

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