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SWEPCO using drones to modernize inspections

Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) is modernizing how it keeps the lights on with the launch of a new dronebased inspection program that gives crews a faster, sharper view of vegetation near power lines.

Was the course of history changed in Louisiana?

Two hundred and ten years ago, Louisiana was the center of a major turning point in both American and world history. The War of 1812 was the first time in the short life of the nation’s history that the U.S.

The complications of religion and politics

I have a request of all of our pontificating politicians. Leave God and me alone to work out our relationship. I consider myself a religious person, but I don’t wear my faith on my sleeve or preach to my neighbors. I have a “comfortable” relationship with the Good Lord. But it’s personal.

POLITICAL KILLING FIFTY YEARS AGO!

It’s been 50 years ago that a major event happened in Louisiana political history. Jim Leslie was gunned down in the parking lot of the Prince Murat Hotel in Baton Rouge.I was just beginning my second term as a State Senator where I represented six parishes in northeast Louisiana.

The Spirit’s Fruit

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 NASB As a believer grows in his life in Christ his character begins to change to be more Christlike.