“Father of His Country” might seem like an inflated title if it was given to any other man but George Washington. Our first
president was born on this day in the year 1732 in Westmoreland County, Va.
Not only was he the first president
of the United States, he has also been called the ...
Southwest Louisiana is not for the faint of heart.
Especially not during Mardi Gras.
Local hearty party-goers and would-be parade participants — these include man and beasts — weathered some heavy rains this weekend, washing out the Krewe of Barkus, the dogs’ parade, and the ...
In leaving Sowela and Southwest Louisiana, former Chancellor Andrea Lewis Miller took great pride in what the two-year school
had accomplished during her five-year reign at the top.
She should.
Under Miller’s direction, the community college has marked advancements in enrollment, curriculum ...
Tougher academic entrance standards for incoming freshman this fall is causing costernation not only around dining room tables,
but on some college campuses across Louisiana.
Gone are the days of open admissions to public universities in the state.
Effective for the summer 2012 term,
graduates o ...
Louisiana is the latest in a growing number of states seeking certain exemptions from the federal No Child Left Behind law.
The state should be free from some of the federal “red tape” that is hindering schools from achieving higher goals, State
Superintendent of Education John White h ...
Eventually, the violence in Welsh will subside. Perhaps those responsible for three unsolved murders and other deadly mischief
in that small Jefferson Davis Parish town will just fess up, move away or even run out of victims.
But for all the gunplay and terror
inflicted over the past year on this ...
Carnival season begins its final climatic crescendo this weekend, building to next week’s Fat Tuesday and the end of revelry
and advent of the Lenten season.
Over the next six days, there will
be the obligatory purple, green and gold attire, masks, beads, parades,
Cajun and Zydeco
music, ...
Monday’s news of desecration of graves in three Jeff Davis Parish cemeteries radiated shock waves throughout our area.
Sadly, it’s not the first cemetery desecration in Southwest Louisiana. We can only pray that it’s the last.
Quick work by Jeff Davis law enforcement officials na ...
In a time when government is taking more and more control of the lives of every American, the celebration today of the life
and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is a good reminder of what one individual can accomplish even when the government is
working against you.
King was born Jan. 15, 1929, i ...
Reynaud Middle School, for now, is safe and Bill Jongbloed, for one, is happy about it.
That does not mean that Reynaud in northern Lake Charles, which is on the state Education Department’s Academic Watch List, lacks for challenges.
It has those in abundance. It will have those for a long t ...
The Lake Charles City Council was positively spot on when it approved stiffer penalties for the sale of alcohol to people under the age of 21.
And it was encouraging to see all seven council members vote in one accord to toughen the punishment for those businesses that break the law.
According to ...