Following four years of economic disaster and foreign affair failures by President Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States in November 1980. In many ways, the United States was in the same position it finds herself in today. I thought this look back at part of Presiden...

70 Years Ago May 20, 1954 Wreckage of the plane carrying Dale Paul, pi-lot, and J. B. Carpenter, merchant, last Saturday afternoon, is shown above on the vacant lot be-hind the First Baptist Church where it crashed. The plane apparently developed mechanical trouble before the dive. It was owned join...

While the weather has been teetertottering between winter, spring, and summer temperatures, the hubby and I made the decision to go ahead and test the waters for bream fishing. This is absolutely our favorite of all fishing venues, and we just couldn’t wait to get our hooks in the water. We knew bet...

This newspaper has been a proponent and advocate for our parish hospitals since their establishment – from the early days of small hospitals in the to...

Dear Editor Does the average Louisiana citizen have a legal right to follow the internal workings of government in Louisiana? Not just in Baton Rouge ...

If you chew with your mouth closed, don’t smack your food, floss your teeth with regularity, and practice other socially acceptable hygiene habits, yo...