Obituaries
Marjorie Ball Brannen Pierce
Marjorie Ball Brannen Pierce, 80, went home to meet her Lord and Savior on Sept. 21. […]
Month: October 2016
Allen Lottinger
Fitting ending for Brees in San Diego return
As the game between the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers proceeded in San Diego Sunday, it seemed like a strange day indeed. […]
Columns
Remembering the squirrel stampede
Forty years ago, David Freeman was hunting outside Quitman, La., when he witnessed one of nature’s oddest spectacles – a squirrel migration. As he described it, a “kagillion squirrels” came through the woods, and it took a good 15 minutes for them all to pass by. […]
Obituaries
James E. “Jim” Buckley
James E. (Jim) Buckley, known to his friends as Buck, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016 at the age of 83. […]
Columns
Follow up possible for ‘Blue Lives Matter’ bill
The police-involved shootings in Baton Rouge this summer, and other tragedies like it nationally, have inspired a state legislator to look into ways to expand upon the so-called “Blue Lives Matter” law that was approved in Louisiana earlier this year. […]
Business
Boutte native means business about coming home
When Elana Bourgeois-Folse returned to Boutte, she got the best of two worlds. […]
Lifestyles
Hahnville woman drives the extra mile to help others
Day after day, Lori Bercegeay prepares meals, drives an hour to deliver them to people in flood affected areas like French Settlement, Pontchatoula and Maurepas before driving back to her Hahnville home. […]
Health
Cancer Association steps in to help Luling woman
Rebecca Savage of Luling said she doesn’t know where she would have done without the Cancer Association of Greater New Orleans. […]
Business
Monsanto preps public for $1B plant upgrade
In anticipation of Monsanto jumping its last hurdle to start construction of its nearly $1 billion plant upgrade in Luling, company executives detailed the project to the public. […]