U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Shreveport-LA) and numerous other House Republicans recently traveled to the Texas border town of Eagle Pass, at which border patrol officials record more than 4,000 contacts with illegal immigrants daily. The Johnson visit highlights our nation’s insanely dysfunct...

If you watch KNOE TV or read the Monroe newspaper then you are aware of the huge spike in crime in Ouachita Parish. Or you can buy a copy of the “Justified” at your local convenience store. Community leaders have gotten together to form a think tank to solve the crime problem. A preacher from a larg...

Dear Editor, My name is Jeremy Royer and I’m the director of The Old Number 7 Society, a TAPS Family Team that is based in southwest Louisiana (oldno7society.com, Facebook.com/o7society). I am currently working on a book which will be published by Amazon and I’m collecting anecdotes/accounts/reports...

Craig Franklin:At the end of the day, the customer is always right.Here at your parish newspaper, we are continually looking for ways to “get it right...

My husband is in a temporary depression. His head is hanging hound dog low, and his normally positive attitude is fast going south. Deer season is wel...

I think it is always important to assess where we are and where it seems we are going. To that end, I review here some of the numerous things about wh...