It was standing room only in Parnell- Burt Post 3615 as the local Veterans of Foreign War, Ruston’s VFW, handed out its Fall 2022 awards to winners in the youth scholarship categories as well as community leadership.
We’re all familiar with the proverbial “lump of coal” that could hang over our heads during the holiday season. You know, if you’re bad Santa will leave a lump of coal in your stocking.
Christmas, commonly known as the Season of Giving, is well represented in Jackson Parish by three different groups, two that focus on children who might be overlooked and one that focuses on adults who might be forgotten.
DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I are working through some tough financial issues. We lost a lot of money due to bad investments, business deals and poor money management, and now we are struggling badly. We are afraid we may lose our home.
Consumers shopping around for home improvement projects may be leaning toward overhauls that can reduce energy consumption and save them money in the long run. This is a driving factor behind a growing number of homeowners investigating solar energy for their residences.
It can stay pretty warm here in Louisiana during the winter months, and with temperatures in the upper 80s this whole week, it can feel like island time while the rest of the country experiences cooler temperatures.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I went to a birthday party recently for a teenager in my family. It was at an amusement center that featured all kinds of fun activities, including a big arcade. We ended up playing video games for hours, and it was a lot of fun. It took me right back to my childhood.
BATON ROUGE — While state gross domestic product (GDP) adjusted for inflation (real GDP) had only recovered to approximately 93% of prepandemic levels by the end of 2021, several Louisiana parishes outpaced the statewide average — and many of these were in rural areas.
