Yea, it’s snake season again in Louisiana and you better watch where you step when you’re outside. I’m not an expert when it comes to identifying snakes except for water moccasins. I’ve seen enough of those to recognize them. I’m not really scared of snakes, I just don’t want to step on one. My wife...

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well kept, well preserved body; but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of dust, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and yelling “Wow! What a Ride!” Substitute ‘end of the school year’ in place of ‘grave’ and ...

My job as a Hospice Chaplain requires me to do lots of driving through the countryside. It is not unusual for me to go from the Arkansas line to Winnfield and Arcadia to Monroe. That is a lot of countryside to drive through. One of the things I enjoy about this time of year is seeing the beautiful g...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following Country Editor column by the late Sammy J. Franklin, Publisher/Editor of this newspaper for 54 years, appeared in the Ma...

Is America worth fighting for? Ask any World War II veteran and I know what the answer will be. America was attacked in 1941 and had to defeat Germany...

70 Years Ago May 27, 1954 Navy Lt. Ronald J. Hays, son of Mrs. G. H. Hays of Olla, and the husband of the former Miss Jane Hughes of Baltimore, Md., r...