School is out which means summertime has begun, although the calendar says it doesn’t officially start until June 20. We all know that the summer actually begins the moment that final school bell rings and continues until the kiddos start back in August, even though the calendar says summer doesn’t ...

Financial Abuse is often cited by abused victims as the main reason they remain with or return to an abusive partner. We know that domestic abuse (D.A.) is a pattern of coercive, controlling behavior. Financial Abuse (F.A.) is a common tactic abusers use to control and isolate their partner, and it ...

The man who was responsible for laying the groundwork for LSU to become one of the better publicly funded universities in the country died last week in Baton Rouge at the age of 83. The man was Jim Wharton, who served as chancellor at LSU from 1981-1988. It was Wharton who in 1984 steered LSU away f...

“Hear me clearly: America is not a racist country.” So declared Sen. Tim Scott, a Black Republican, in his televised rebuttal to Joe Biden’s address t...

In the face of having hundreds of rockets launched against him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to stand firm on the promises God’...

“Everything in this newspaper is important to someone.” It’s become something of a mantra for me, in recent years. Weekly community newspapers are ecl...