Big Easy Anchor Signing Off to Sell Donuts

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Longtime WDSU Anchor Scott Walker told viewers that he is signing off from the station in late July.

"I'm ready to just challenge myself in a different way," Walker said. "It was time for a change."

Walker said he plans to start a media-focused consulting business, offering training in news media, social media and public relations, as well as some political consulting.

He also has partnered with his wife, Jennifer, and several others to open a Shipley Do-Nuts.

The donut shop, which opened in April, is the first southeastern Louisiana location for the Houston-based chain.

Walker says that he and his partners plan to open more Shipley locations in the New Orleans area.

Walker told viewers in a looooong Facebook post that he is done with TV news and is moving on to the next chapter in life: