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Abelias are tough and beautiful

Flowering ornamental shrubs that require little to no effort are a prized possession of both homeowners and landscapers. One underutilized and under-appreciated flowering shrub is the abelia.

He was neither fool nor fraud

Questions turned into consternation when a mysterious stranger tried to buy every square inch of public land in Cameron Parish in 1883.

Shell invests $27.5M in LSU to focus on energy

A $27.5 million gift from Shell USA, Inc., will establish the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation and enable construction of the LSU Our Lady of the Lake Interdisciplinary Science Building, the university’s top capital priority.