One of my best memories of childhood was when the seven Trussell siblings along with our parents would gather at the close of day. We would sit on the front porch and welcome the coming of night. We would hear crickets, grasshoppers and other insects as if the “night symphony” would begin its many b...

Dear Rusty: My wife, born in 1960, was a Texas school teacher for about 10 years and receives a $1,000 per month pension from that work. She didn’t pay into Social Security while teaching, but she paid into it for about 23 years while working elsewhere. I paid into Social Security my entire life, th...

Get It Growing: December — and winter in general — in Louisiana is a fine time to plant in the landscape. Now is the time to add trees, shrubs and cool-season annual and perennial bedding plants. The key is to know what to plant, where to plant and what the intended use of the space is. Some things ...

Several years ago, I learned of a contemporary preacher from Atlanta named Louie Giglio with Passion Church and Passion Ministries. At that time, we (...

The people who know me know that when I go fishing, I catch a fish, photograph it, then throw it back into the water. I use the photographs to make gr...

North LaSalle Parish History Tidbit Back by popular demand! Rip Cannaday shares more stories about life in LaSalle Parish long ago. In this article, h...