Don't mess with libraries.
Well, that was something.
Monterey is a tiny unincorporated community on the banks of Black River Lake, a sinuous oxbow nestled in Concordia Parish about 25 miles southwest of Natchez.
It's rare that a political compromise is a win for all involved.
Bogalusa Mayor Tyrin Truong is deploying a familiar playbook.
There was a sinking feeling in my stomach when I read the story of the Clarksdale Press Register, a newspaper in northwest Mississippi that had been ordered by a court to take down an online e…
Sid Edwards' library proposal keeps morphing.
Chances are, you haven't been to Campti.
East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sid Edwards' proposal to take dedicated library funding is bold, politically clever and the wrong move for East Baton Rouge Parish.
It took a little more than a month for new East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sid Edwards to make his first bold move.
Special elections are usually sleepy little affairs, intense but tightly contained.
How much does a sex scandal cost?
Well, the honeymoon is over in St. George.
It's not often that Louisiana can call itself rich.
Now is not the time to feel sad for Tyrin Truong.
The traits that carried Sid Edwards to his upset win in the East Baton Rouge Mayor-President's race were on full display at his official swearing-in last week.
The traits that carried Sid Edwards to his upset win in the East Baton Rouge Mayor-President's race were on full display at his official swearing-in Thursday night.
The football coach did it.
The football coach did it.
The history of Jefferson Parish is littered with political legends. Harry Lee, John Alario, Butch Ward, Joe Yenni, the list of titans goes on and on.
Conventional wisdom is a liar.
Conventional wisdom is a liar.
Everything has a life span. When it gets to the end, it can be hard to accept the next step.
This is what desperation looks like.
In July, two Washington Parish sheriff's deputies were called to the home of an 83-year-old man who was struggling with depression and had threatened to harm himself.
With just about three weeks to go in the race to be East Baton Rouge's next mayor-president, it's all about second place.
Sunday will mark the last day in office for Pineville Mayor Rich Dupree.
Late Monday afternoon, a St. Tammany Parish jury convicted Slidell pastor John Raymond of cruelty to juveniles for "discipline" he meted while headmaster at Lakeside Christian Academy, a schoo…
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