When I was in high school, the rivalry between Jena High and LaSalle High schools was still at a fever pitch level. During those years of the late 1980s, the Jena-LaSalle football game was always the first game of the season, had the biggest crowd of the year for any school and the only reason the g...

There is alot to consider about the broad presidential pardon granted to Hunter Biden this past week but virtually all of it involves lies and hypocrisy.First, President Biden lied, yet again, when asked if he would pardon Hunter for his crimes. He flatly said “no” and that he would “abide by the ju...

Oh, Christmas tree, oh, Christmas tree, how heavy are your branches. I lugged you out of the attic, through the bedroom, down the stairs and into the den. I wrestled with your weighted limbs until I was exhausted. It took me more than a few minutes to assemble you and spread your lovely pine needles...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and my fellow home cooks know what that means: it’s time to make cornbread dressing! Dressing is the centerpi...

As Thanksgiving approaches it may benefit us to take a deep breath and realize that although this past year was at times difficult, punctuated by a tu...

Nobody likes taxes. Period. As a small business owner and property owner in LaSalle Parish, I, like most of you, have experienced an increase in my pr...