During the decades of the 60s, 70s and 80s, LaSalle Parish’s economy was driven mainly by two industries: oil and timber. Timber was the first industry to literally build LaSalle Parish and when the oil boom occurred in the 1930’s, it became just as much a staple industry as timber, if not more.For ...

Pa Golden wasn’t my grandpa by blood, but he was my grandpa, nonetheless. Hard working, slow to speak and wearing thick lensed glasses that had thin metal wire ‘inserts’ to keep his eyelids raised so he could see. He was family – throughout my childhood – until he passed. He had no children or grand...

With so much attention being given to the presidential election itself, it is easy to overlook another critical factor that will be determined in the election: the filibuster. Let’s refresh our recollection. What is the filibuster and how is it utilized in the U.S. Senate?The U.S. Senate website def...

I am tired, pooped and exhausted from my ongoing home battle with the resilient and constantly repopulating – irritating and aggravating – little comm...

Governor Jeff Landry has moved at a dizzying legislative pace since being elected governor and one very significant change made to Louisiana law is wh...

Andrew Altken Rooney, better known as Andy Rooney, had a long career in newspapers who later in life made the switch to radio and broadcast journalism...