The Louisiana Legislature is in the final throes of its fiscal-only session and to date the only substantive matter lawmakers have approved was a $37-billion budget, which is saying something. Normally lawmakers wait until the last couple of days of a session before approving the budget, but this ye...

The staff at the new LaSalle Parish Library in Jena, along with the Board of Control, is extremely pleased with the outpouring of support and words of congratulations on the new facility during the opening days. Last Friday morning, more than 100 children, along with about half that many parents, at...

When I was a wee lassie, I used to memorize poems all the time. One of my favorites had to do with Memorial Day, which we just celebrated. I may not have it exactly correct in my mind, nor do I know the author, but it was special to me. “What can I do on Memorial Day, to honor our fallen men? What c...

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...

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 i...

Last night I stood by the bedside of a man that was dying. Disease had taken its toll on his body and he only had a little time left. His family was t...