From the Editor: Gulf Coast weather keeps making news
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 12:06pm
Remember when talking about the weather was considered boring?
Now the weather is news, big news, on a regular basis.
Columns
Jim Bradshaw: South Louisiana people may have been the first cowboys
Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:54am
Despite the impression given by John Wayne and his compadres in scores of Western movies, there is justification for saying that the American cattle industry was born in south Louisiana, or at leas
Governor candidates spin the economy
Thu, 09/05/2019 - 2:20pm
BATON ROUGE — By Gov. John Bel Edwards’ telling, Louisiana’s economy is on the mend, growing and creating new jobs after exiting a recession.
Jim Bradshaw: Yellow fever hit steamboat communities hard
Fri, 08/30/2019 - 12:27pm
On Aug. 13, 1853, Oramel Hinckley, master of the steamer Opelousas, advertised that his boat would not return to Washington from New Orleans because of a yellow fever epidemic there.
Louisiana Politics: Health care contracts become issue in governor's race
Wed, 08/28/2019 - 10:37am
Political observers, such as columnists and radio show hosts, already knew the Democratic and Republican governors associations were going to have roles to play in Louisiana’s 2019 race for governo