Amtrak is looking seriously at the idea of breaking up some of its traditional cross-country routes into shorter rides that would be attractive to more passengers.
It’s the kickoff for hurricane season and forecasters are predicting as many as 14 named storms with anywhere from three to six of these storms growing into major hurricanes.
Paddle-wheel boats ran on the Louisiana bayous until the 1940s, although by that time most of them had been converted from steam power to diesel engines. Probably the last of them was the V.J.
Dust off an old college lit textbook, and you’ll find that rivers have been symbols for many things. Writers have made rivers represent the slow, unstoppable passage of time.
BATON ROUGE — There was a time when anyone, even a reporter, could stroll up to the Louisiana Governor’s Mansion and knock on the front door.
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