Jim Bradshaw: Priest prayed during early Indian encounter
Fri, 11/30/2018 - 9:54am
Just 15 years before the Civil War, much of southwest Louisiana was still a sparsely settled and semi-wild place.
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Fundraising is slow in secretary of state's race
Thu, 11/29/2018 - 10:58am
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Democrat running to be Louisiana’s secretary of state has picked up the fundraising pace since she surprised her party by reaching the runoff, but she lags her Republican op
Toups book is treatise on Cajun food
Thu, 11/29/2018 - 10:51am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Despite the title — “Chasing the Gator: Isaac Toups and the New Cajun Cooking” — there are no alligator entries in the New Orleans chef’s new cookbook unless you count the photo
Louisiana Politics: Legislative turnover could affect half of La.'s parishes
Wed, 11/28/2018 - 2:30pm
By the spring of 2019, voters residing in 44 percent of Louisiana’s parishes will have participated in a special legislative election, and the statistic could swell before the ongoing term of the L
Oil and gas flow in mile-deep field
Tue, 11/27/2018 - 10:27am
NEW ORLEANS — Chevron Corp. says it is now getting oil and natural gas from a floating platform tethered in nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) of water off of New Orleans.