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Organize any dog birthday parties lately?

One of my co-workers has an autumnal tradition of spending a week of quality time with her dog Alfie around his birthday.
Some may find that eccentric, but even she is skeptical of a trend I saw reported in the Wall Street Journal.

What did Rose Cheramie really know?

On Nov. 20, 1963, a 31-year-old woman known as Rose Cheramie was found lying next to the road after being hit by a car on Highway 190 near the Silver Slipper Club in Eunice. She was apparently quite drunk and had also been using drugs.

Four’s a charm for a Louisiana speaker!

It took four Louisiana congressmen 51 years before one of them became speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Second in line to being president, a responsibility and honor that very few receive.

Improving men’s health and wellbeing

Hopefully, the rugged beard I’ve been sporting will motivate at least one of my fellow men to take better care of his health this November.

Must I glue my eyes to the TV?

I had forgotten about it, but my father once reminisced about finding elementary school-aged me habitually “watching” TV with my back turned to the set.
He said I explained that I could imagine more interesting scenes in my mind.

Rayne boasted first radio station

Today, the call letters WBKB are assigned to the CBS television affiliate in the Alpena area of northern Michigan, but for a short time in the 1930s they belonged to the first radio station to broadcast in southwest Louisiana.

Americans are being hurt by the politics of hate

“The more we learn about the 2020 election the more illegitimate it becomes. America deserves to know whether we have a fake president in the oval office.”

Is Louisiana’s political star on the rise?

Remember the story about the dog chasing cars until he finally caught one? Now what does he do? If ever there was a time in Louisiana history when Republican elected officials all over the state “finally caught one,” now is the time.

The dying art of Halloween costume humor

Halloween is upon us, which means you’d better be cautious about the costume you choose.
Halloween has long been a staple of childhood, but in the past few decades it has been increasingly celebrated by adults — and for good reason.