Last week was the first anniversary of my heart attack. My celebratory plan was to go to McDonald’s for a double cheeseburger, large fries, and a chocolate milkshake. I tried to keep my plan secret, at least from someone in the house, but I failed most miserably. Somehow The Gracious Mistress of the...

Looking back, I don’t know if growing up in Small Town, North Louisiana was closer to Huckleberry Finn or To Kill a Mockingbird. It certainly had elements of both. Either way, the first verse of a song that John Lennon wrote pretty much sums up how I feel about it now: In My Life Lennon & McCartney ...

Sweet land of liberty... of thee I sing. How long will this be our anthem? For how long will it be free? Many of us are guilty of taking America for granted. We act as though our freedoms are etched in stone...and can never disappear. Well, guess what? We are allowing America’s future to become so c...

Voters in LaSalle Parish along with voters statewide will decide the fate of three more proposed constitutional amendments at the Dec. 10th election. ...

It’s official. Donald Trump announced he’s running for the Republican nomination for president for a third time. And far be it for me to give advice t...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor article appeared in the March 21, 2007, issue of this newspaper by the late Publisher/Editor Sammy J. Fra...