As my life has passed by I have had a lot of hobbies. Some of them were: collecting college pennants, collecting baseball cards, going fishing, hunting, and collecting old coins. At one point, I had 1,200 rolls of “wheat pennies” and 17 rolls of “zinc pennies”. I also had various numbers of three ce...

Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in LaSalle Parish, Louisiana. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insuran...

Waste Connections will begin their door-to-door garbage pickup in LaSalle Parish tomorrow (Thursday) morning after months of preparations. District Manager Gabe Ward said the final work was completed this week and the trucks will begin running their routes Thursday, July 1, as originally planned bac...

The Summerville-Rosefield Volunteer Fire Department organized a huge parade to honor Jeremy Montpelier on his 40th birthday recently. Jeremy has been...

On April 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) by executive order. It was part of his New Deal l...

John, one of my roommates, had never learned to cook. His family had always had a lot of money and servants. But just before he came to college, his f...