47+ min ago   (558+ words) The LSU AgCenter recently co-hosted the second Louisiana Food Is Medicine Convening in Baton Rouge in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Health’s Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Healthcare Access, also known as Well-Ahead Louisiana. The convening was organized…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1054+ words) The Era-Leader Merchants In Bogalusa, Part 3 Continuing with The Big Four, as the late local lawyer and historian John Gallaspy called the four iconic stores on Columbia Street in his terrific book "'The City That Refused To Die' Bogalusa's First…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (343+ words) The Washington Parish Council met on Monday, July 13. Prior to the invocation Parish President Ryan Seal asked or a moment of silence for the Matt Stuart family who recently lost their 17-month-old son and the family of Toye Taylor, first…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) The Enon Library recently celebrated another successful Summer Reading Program graduation, recognizing hundreds of young readers who accepted the challenge of reading at least five books during their summer break. The library would also like to express its heartfelt thanks…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (454+ words) Washington Parish needs a new jail. That is not a recent conclusion — it is one that has been documented, deferred, and handed from one administration to the next for longer than it should have been. This past year, that changed....

3+ week, 3+ hour ago   (176+ words) The Enon Library recently celebrated another successful Summer Reading Program graduation, recognizing hundreds of young readers who accepted the challenge of reading at least five books during their summer break. The library would also like to express its heartfelt thanks…...

3+ week, 18+ hour ago   (459+ words) Washington Parish School Board, Superintendent Jennifer Thomas recently shared "The State of Our Schools." She prefaced it by saying, "It's not always pretty," and was upfront about the challenges of a student count that is 80 percent in poverty and the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (619+ words) June marked the 55th anniversary of what has come to be known as “the war on drugs,” although five decades into this battle, it is fair to ask whether any progress has been made. It’s hard to see it when modern…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (487+ words) The 104th Annual Louisiana Farm Bureau Convention at the New Orleans Marriott will go on as scheduled despite the formation of Tropical Storm Arthur. The event will take place June 17-21. “Farmers and ranchers show up and do the hard work no…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (617+ words) LSU Manship School News Service BATON ROUGE - Voter rejection of constitutional amendments, including one that would have freed up money for teacher pay raises, complicated this spring's legislative session and raised questions about whether the public is being asked to…...