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...

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.

Kennedy introduces FY 2026 energy and water development appropriations bill in Senate

“The FY 2026 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill is a responsible step toward cutting bloated spending while bolstering America’s defense and energy infrastructures. It reflects a good-faith effort to live within our means without shortchanging the American people.

Ask Rusty:

Should I change my filing status to ‘Married?’Dear Rusty: I’m trying to figure out if I should change my IRS filing status to “Married – Filing Jointly” prior to getting reviewed for my Medicare Part B and Part D. My current IRS status is “Married – Filing Single” and I noticed this filing status...

Gov. Jimmy Davis brought us Sunshine!

Louisiana Governor Jimmy Davis died 25 years ago this month.

Killing of National Guardsmen reflects need to halt immigration

We’re all aware of the killing of Sarah Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guard member.The other National Guard member wounded in the shooting has been identified as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe.

I’ll Take The Fall

One of my most vivid memories of fall happened during junior high. I was standing in the end zone prior to the start of a football game. I could barely feel my fingers and toes.It was October, but it was unusually cold (Al Gore had yet to invent global warming).