Dear Editor, As Louisiana’s lieutenant governor — and more importantly, a proud Louisianan — I’ve seen firsthand how our state’s unique election system brings people together at a time when our country feels more divided than ever. For nearly 50 years, Louisiana has done things differently. We hold ...

Every week I receive emails from various news agencies and other sources that show the findings of studies or surveys that have been conducted. Normally, Louisiana is at the bottom of all states on good things and near the top on bad things. Because of this, I save our readers from seeing these resu...

Flies can smell a fly swatter a mile off. It’s like they instinctively know swatters are the choice weapon of mass destruction in the human/fly world of warfare.I’m convinced they can smell the DNA of all the other flies that met their Waterloo at the end of the little plastic handle.These aggravati...

The chickens are going bald. It’s called molting and there’s not one thing that can be done about it. My sweet daddy recently became the caretaker of ...

When the Pastor stood before the congregation he stated, “God is good!” The people responded, “All the time!” This diatribe was repeated for several t...

It was a very special day last Wednesday as this newspaper celebrated its 120th anniversary. We held an open house where attendees could tour our newl...