Editorial
Aphids on crape myrtle leaves. (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
Don’t neglect late-summer gardening
For gardeners tired of the heat and longing for cooler weather, September can provide welcome relief. Cool fronts often begin to make their way this far south in September. But days in the 90s are ...
Sep 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter preparing Louisiana for high-speed Internet
Residents in 18 Louisiana parishes where broadband is underused or unavailable are learning the value of broadband, high-speed internet access with help from the LSU AgCenter. Connect My Louisiana,...
Sep 24, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
An Economic 'Plan'?
Former president Bill Clinton told the Democratic National Convention that Barack Obama has a plan to rescue the economy, and only the fact that the Republicans stood in his way has stopped him fro...
Sep 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Randy Jemison, Honoree (PHOTO/Submitted)
Randy Jemison selected as 2012 International Rice Festival Honoree
CROWLEY-Selected as the Honoree for the 2012 International Rice Festival is Randy Jemison of Kinder, announced by Brady Williams, festival president. This year’s festival is slated for the weekend ...
Sep 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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State Rep. Tony Ligi, R-Metairie
Rep. Ligi to explain State Constitutional Amendment No. 5
State Rep. Tony Ligi, R-Metairie, will be visiting various areas of the state to explain State Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (Act No. 868 of the 2012 legislative session) which will be on the Nov....
Sep 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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The cover of the LSU AgCenter’s 2013 Get It Growing Calendar features beautiful flowering clematis photographed by Rhoda Stevenson from Campti, La.
LSU AgCenter releases 2013 Get It Growing calendar
The LSU AgCenter is releasing its 2013 Get It Growing Lawn and Garden Calendar – the annual publication that offers a mixture of beautiful garden photos and advice targeted specifically to Louisian...
Sep 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
"Issues" or America? 
There are some very serious issues at stake in this year's election -- so many that some people may not be able to see the forest for the trees. Individual issues are the trees, but the forest is t...
Sep 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Plecia nearctica, aka Love Bugs, should be gone soon by the end of September.
Love Bugs: Not so lovely
Plecia nearctica, also commonly known as the Love Bug, is also called the honeymoon fly, kissing bug or double-headed bug. It is a member of the family of march flies, and the adult is a small, fly...
Sep 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
The Ides of November
Cheer up folks. In just 60 more days the elections will be over and, for at least a few months, you won’t have to listen to grown men and women call each other Nazis, enemies of the middle class, s...
Sep 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Officials warn of contact with swine at livestock shows
Health officials are advising people who show pigs that a new swine flu virus can be spread by direct contact wit infected animals. “We don’t have it in Louisiana, but that doesn’t mean we couldn’t...
Sep 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Obama's Dreams
After reading Barack Obama's book "Dreams from My Father," it became painfully clear that he has not been searching for the truth, because he assumed from an early age that he had already found the...
Sep 10, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flooding from Hurricane Isaac will increase mosquito population
Floodwater left behind by Hurricane Isaac is providing the nearly perfect environment needed to increase the mosquito population, which could also increase the cases of West Nile virus. More than 6...
Sep 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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