Second Chance: A Holiday Story

I always get caught up In the momentum Of the holiday season.We pass Thanksgiving Reach the Christmas milestone And approach the New Year.There are numerous things To the divert our attention.Holiday shopping, football, social events.But for me It is a time to reflect.

Ask Rusty:

Why won’t Social Security give me my benefits?Dear Rusty: I called the Social Security office, as well as went with my husband when he went to collect his Social Security. Because I work full-time (at about $800/week), they said I could not file for my Social Security.

Speaker advances key Louisiana defense provisions for 2026

Speaker Johnson commended House passage of S. 1017, The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 NDAA).

The Christmas Spirit

We can’t think about December without thinking about Christmas. December is saturated with Christmas. Christmas shopping, Christmas baking, Christmas Carols, Christmas television programs, Christmas religious services and the Christmas spirit.

Louisiana should have state-wide high-speed Internet access by 2028

Gov. Jeff Landry announced this week that Louisiana is significantly ahead of schedule in its effort to provide high-speed internet access to every Louisiana resident.

Sears Habits Die Hard

My earliest memories of the catalog are from the 1960s. My sister and I would race each other to the door. She wanted to study the dolls. Chatty Kathy was her favorite, and she talked about that doll for weeks.I went straight to the Hot Wheels.

A Brighter Light

Erwin Perzy built and repaired surgical instruments for local physicians in Vienna, Austria.In 1900, one of his clients requested a brighter light for his operating room.Just 23 years earlier in 1879, Thomas Edison filed a patent for his carbon-filament lamp and thus began the electric light age.

THE COUNTRY WRITER

A Southern Writer’s View of Then and NowFor much of the twentieth century, the Sears Roebuck catalog held a special place in American homes. It was never just a book of merchandise.

Company invests $100 million to expand shipyard, create 3,200 jobs

Saronic Technologies, Inc. is expanding operations in St. Mary Parish to increase production capacity at its autonomous surface vessels shipyard.

Louisiana’s working coast runs on food security

Over 266,000 people call the Bayou Region home. This has been my home, like so many others, for generations. Known as Louisiana’s Working Coast, the Bayou Region is where we’ve built our communities on hard work, family and faith.