Wild Bill Wood

New Orleans

TV Features Reporter at WGNO-TV (New Orleans, LA)

Wild Bill Wood is @wgnotwist's 19-time Emmy Award winning features reporter. Wild Bill is always out and about covering the off beat and unusual in New Orleans.

Articles

At NOWFE, Gulf Shrimp on a slice of life & carrot cornbread

4 days ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — At NOWFE, New Orleans Wine & Food Experience, now is your chance to take a bite of the Big Easy. For New Orleans Chef Amy Mehrtens at Copper Vine, it’s the chance to show how lemons came into her life. WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood will tell you, these lemons are not just any old lemons. These are Meyer lemons. Take a bite and you’ll know that Meyer lemons are sweeter, less acidic, with a piney note. With those lemons, Chef Amy poaches Gulf Shrimp.
New Orleans teen film director becomes one of USA's best

5 days ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — At Ben Franklin High School, it all stared on the big screen of her imagination. That, after all, is how 17-year-old Gabrielle Vance plans to get from New Orleans to Hollywood. “It’s the center of creativity. There are so many talented people there and they are so passionate and it’s full of opportunity,” said Vance. WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood is sitting in the audience and watching her journey. At first, Gabby wanted to be an actress.
Pickleball & Prosecco now at New Orleans Wine & Food Experience

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In New Orleans, one place makes pickleball history. It’s new and it’s now at The Exchange. It was Louisiana’s first stand alone place to play the sport. And it’s at NOWFE, New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. And WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood has your invitation. NOWFE is a five-day festival of the best wine and food New Orleans serves up.
Pickleball & Prosecco now at New Orleans Wine & Food Experience

1 week ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — In New Orleans, one place makes pickleball history. It’s new and it’s now at The Exchange. It was Louisiana’s first stand alone place to play the sport. It’s Pickleball & Prosecco. And it’s at NOWFE, New Orleans Wine and Food Experience. And WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood has your invitation. NOWFE is a five-day festival of the best wine and food New Orleans serves up.
Ursuline Academy student's art shines at famous French Quarter gallery

1 week ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — She’s a mighty fine artist and her work shares the stage with some names you’ll know. Her name is Eva Martinez. She’s an 18-year-old graduating senior at Ursuline Academy. She tells WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood that art is good for the heart and soul. “No matter your mood. If you’re mad, you can express yourself. If you’re happy, you can express yourself. It’s the perfect avenue to convey any emotions you have,” said Martinez.
What word did a 10-year-old spell to become New Orleans Spelling Bee champ?

1 week ago | louisianafirstnews.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — She’s the best when it comes to spelling. She is 10-year-old Leya Ismail. She’s the spelling bee champ of New Orleans, who is now headed to the National Spelling Bee Contest in Washington, D.C.WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood knows the word that takes her to the top. Competing against 150 other kids from across the area, she won the New Orleans Regional Spelling Bee and brought home the top trophy. Leya spelled the word “kilroy”. It means traveler.
Katrina survivor builds homes from cargo ship containers to weather all storms

1 week ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

HARVEY, La. (WGNO) — In Louisiana, with his West Bank crew, Josh Clark is in the business of building and rebuilding. His construction site is inside a cargo container, a big steel shipping box built to withstand a typhoon in the ocean. WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood finds Clark at his headquarters in Harvey, La.That’s where they turn these transportation contraptions into homes. You get a bedroom, a bathroom, a living room and kitchen. Clark practices what he preaches.
For hurricane season, 9th graders soak up the Louisiana sun & build generators

2 weeks ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The class is called Conceptual Physics. The teacher is Jimmy Lutrell and what he’s teaching is physics minus most of the math. But, plus, according to WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood, everything else under the sun. “With an increase in climate change, in the south especially, these students are learning about solar energy and how it can be best used in the community,” said Lutrell.
What word did a 10-year-old spell to become NOLA Spelling Bee champ?

2 weeks ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — She’s the best when it comes to spelling. She is 10-year-old Leya Ismail. She’s the spelling bee champ of New Orleans, who is now headed to the National Spelling Bee Contest in Washington, D.C.WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood knows the word that takes her to the top. Competing against 150 other kids from across the area, she won the New Orleans Regional Spelling Bee and brought home the top trophy. Leya spelled the word “kilroy”. It means traveler.
A culinary journey across the ages at BK House & Gardens

3 weeks ago | wgno.com | Wild Bill Wood

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — It’s time to dine across time. Across about 100 years. WGNO Good Morning New Orleans features reporter Bill Wood invites you to Historic BK House & Gardens in the French Quarter. It’s for a Culinary Journey Across the Ages. The menu is being cooked up by Ralph Brennan’s Catering & Events. It’s Sunday, May 18 starting at 5:30 p.m. And it’s the invitation to wander through a historic home and the city that celebrates food like no place on Earth.