WWL First News with Tommy Tucker

Everybody has a story. And we spend an hour with Vince Hayward, the CEO of Camelia Brands, getting his story, from what it’s like being the fourth-generation to run the iconic brand to delivering red beans to people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

* What needs to change with the New Orleans jail?

* Radioactive imported shrimp is being recalled. Another reason to buy Louisiana seafood instead

* Breaking down the New Orleans mayoral and City Council races

We pick our conversation with WWL Louisiana political analyst Clancy Dubos back up and break down a new WWL Louisiana polls on the mayoral race and the City Council races.

Radioactive imported shrimp are being recalled. Another reason to buy Louisiana seafood instead.

Acy Cooper, President of the Louisiana Shrimp Association, joins us.

We take our weekly dive in to crime and policing in the New Orleans area with former NOPD chief Ronal Serpas. What needs to change with the New Orleans jail?

* Does homework help kids? Does it depend on how much and what the assignments are? How much do YOU help your kids with theirs?

* A new substation for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board has been delayed again as we’re in the peak of hurricane season

A new substation for the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board has been delayed again as we’re in the peak of hurricane season.

We talk to Steve Nelson, the General Superintendent, about what happened.

Does homework help kids? Does it depend on how much and what the assignments are? How much do YOU help your kids with theirs? We'll find out what the research shows from Joyce Epstein, co-director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the National Network of Partnership Schools and a professor of education at Johns Hopkins.

* We’check in with local real estate analyst Arthur Sterbcow for an update on how the real estate market in the greater New Orleans area is doing, what’s hot and what’s not.

* There’s a new study on what tax changes could mean for Louisiana households.

There’s a new study on what tax changes could mean for Louisiana households. We break it down with Steven Procopio, President of the Public Affairs Research Council (PAR)