WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

* We’ll spend some time talking with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser about the importance of getting Louisiana seafood during Lent and fighting litter to Keep Louisiana Beautiful

* We’ll preview LSU baseball’s weekend series and get the rundown on where the Lady Tigers are sitting with three games left in the regular season

Tommy talks with JR from Taking Vegas.

Tommy and Ian McNulty, who covers food and dining culture for The Times Picayune | New Orleans Advocate, go over some eating and drinking recommendations for this weekend

National Engineers Day is next week, and UNO has a couple exhibits and events on tap. We’ll get the details from Kim Jovanovich, Professor of Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNO.

New Orleans leaders have started the process for a master plan to redevelop the Municipal Auditorium.

We’ll go over it with Jackie Harris, the President of the Save Our Soul Coalition

February is American Heart Month. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US. What are the risk factors? How can you treat it? We’ll talk with Dr. Mehnaz Rahman, Assistant Professor of Cardiology at LSU Health New Orleans

How has Pope Leo’s papacy gone so far? How has he been approaching things? Has it been a change from Pope Francis? We’ll break it down with Father Arthur Purcaro, an Augustinian friar who worked with Pope Leo before he was Pope Leo

Previewing LSU baseball’s weekend games and get the rundown on where the Lady Tigers are sitting with three games left in the regular season

We’ll spend some time talking with Lt. Governor Billy Nungesser about the importance of getting Louisiana seafood during Lent and fighting litter to Keep Louisiana Beautiful

A doctor warns about the deadly consequences of the political noise in today's medical landscape. Plus, warning about some generic drugs and compounded GLP1s.