In the middle of a pandemic, and on the backside of a hurricane that smashed through a swath of the country from the Louisiana Gulf Coast to New York, the nation prepares to remember the 20th anniv
In the western movies, the cavalry always came to the rescue with trumpets blaring, banners flying and soldiers wearing snappy uniforms decked out in plenty of fancy gold braid.
We had a discussion in the newsroom the other afternoon about the idiosyncrasies of the English language. I’ll make my confession now: I don’t like grammar.
My father grew up in New Orleans. So, about this time every summer, we made our annual trek to visit my South Louisiana grandparents. It was never a fun trip.
Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker was rightfully excited when he learned that Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a huge transportation infrastructure bill that includes the East Kentucky Avenue extension project.
For the second consecutive year, Louisiana lawmakers are debating the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, only this time the fight isn’t over mitigation measures or whether the pandemic is a partisan figment of somebody’s imagination.
