Mary Staes
Mary Staes is Digital Content Lead for Very Local. She works with our freelancers and crafts content for our social media platforms and website. Before Very Local, she worked with CBS affiliate WWL-TV as a web producer and weekend assignment editor for about 4 years. She has also handled broadcast coverage for 160 Marine Reserve training facilities while she served as an active duty Marine. As a native New Orleanian, she takes being "very local" to heart. She loves being intertwined with the culture and figuring out how there are less than two degrees of separation between us all, whether we're natives or not.
Stream live coverage of the Karen Read Trial
It’s a case that made national headlines. A Boston woman accused of driving into her police-officer-boyfriend and leaving him to die in a snowstorm. But after ending in a mistrial last year, Karen Read’s case is back and her new trial is now underway. You can stream gavel-to-gavel coverage of the case on Very Local […]
Stream the 2025 Big Sur International Marathon
New dating series to film in Des Moines this winter!
Hometown Tragedy: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
As Girl Scouts at Camp Scott settle into their tents one evening, eerie footsteps and distant cries haunt the campers throughout the night. The unsettling sounds turn out to be the echos one of the largest murder investigations in Oklahoma’s history.
Getting around the dreaded ‘box’ during Mardi Gras
It’s the black hole of Carnival season, literally.
Hometown Tragedy: The Mystery of Maura Murray
Known as one of the first cases of the digital age, the mysterious disappearance of Maura Murray continues to confound investigators and internet sleuths.
Celebrate International Chefs Day with a very New Orleans cooking show
Thursday, Oct. 20 is International Chefs Day 2022. Celebrate on the sofa by binge watching our local chefs on “Blind Kitchen: New Orleans.”
Here are the Sacramento foodies you need to follow on social media
Whether you need family night ideas or date dining options, here are the best Sacramento foodies trying everything the city has to offer.
Here are the Sacramento real estate social accounts you need to follow
Looking for rehab inspiration? New homes on the market? Historical houses? We’ve got the real estate accounts you should follow on social media.
Eat Play Stay: Lincoln, New Hampshire
A classic mountain showdown has this hopping ski town divided. But everyone agrees that no matter which mountain reigns supreme, this four-season hot spot offers great food, bucolic retreats, and a whole new view on the great outdoors.
Labor Day events in New Orleans
Officially say farewell to summer and hello to a long weekend of Labor Day events in the Crescent City.