Dear Rusty: I am a 77 year old married male. I am retired and started drawing Social Security at age 66, and my monthly amount is a little over $3,000. My present wife is 52 and employed, and we have been married for 22 years. I also have an ex-wife who is 85, not married, and drawing Social Securit...

Retail sales for fiscal year 2021- 22 showed mostly gains over the previous fiscal year, according to figures released by the Concordia Sales Tax Collection Agency. Retail sales parish wide was $281-million during the past fiscal year, up from the $264-million in sales the previous fiscal year, amo...

Two free two-day ASIST workshops will be held in LaSalle Parish on August 1-2, or August 3-4 at First Baptist Church in Jena. Classes are limited to 45 participants each session and will be held each day from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The workshops are free, but registration is required. ASIST stands for ...

The spread between 10-year and 2-year treasuries, a reliable recession indicator that has predicted almost every recession in modern economic history,...

The LaSalle Parish School Board approved the Performance Standards and a two-year contract for Kylie Andrews as the assistant principal for Jena Junio...

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in introducing the No Emergency Crude Oil to Foreign Adversaries Act. The legislation would p...