On a drive in the country a few years ago, my cousin, the late Glen Dale McKeithen, and I visited the site of an old dipping vat. He told me that the vats were built so that cattle owners could bring their animals to be dipped to get rid of ticks. Recent reading has added to my knowledge of these v...

“What a sweet dog!” I said, in Spanish. “She is a sweet dog,” the man walking her answered, in English. He had an Irish accent and was walking the young dog down the street as my husband, Peter, and I made our way home from dinner. “And she has no idea what will happen tomorrow,” he added. “What wil...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct its biannual Agricultural Labor Survey during in April. The survey will collect information about hired labor from more than 300 Louisiana farmers and ranchers. NASS will publish survey results May 25 i...

Internet Ethics When the president’s council at the university wanted to force a student to send out a retraction on a nasty joke he emailed, I advis...

Residents of LaSalle Parish were counting their blessings last week when a major storm system was not as bad as most meteorologists had projected. On ...

Jena High School Fellowship of Christian Students members proudly display Bibles distributed to them by Northeast Louisiana Area Director for FCA (Fe...