Editorial
Gulf rigs, structures on track to become essential fish habitat
Gulf Council begins process to properly recognize value of artificial reefs
Jun 25, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get your social security statement online
If you would like to get a Social Security Statement, which provides estimates of your future benefits, it is now available online at www.socialsecurity.gov. “Our new online Social Security Stateme...
Jun 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dan Juneau/Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (PHOTO/Submitted)
Not your father's unions
Not many people know that the president of the largest association of business and industry in Louisiana grew up in a union household. My dad was a member of the firefighters’ branch of the AFL-CIO...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Red Snapper
Stop the snapper ‘management’ idiocy
My dad grew up in North Louisiana when deer could only be found in the thick bottomlands of the Tensas River delta and anyone killing one was hailed as a hero. When the state began a re-stocking pr...
Jun 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thomas Sowell
Socialist or Fascist?
It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a "socialist." He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about...
Jun 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Safety officials urge drivers to slow down
Speeding is factor in about one-third of crash deaths
Jun 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Prepare for your pets in the event of a storm! (PHOTO/Pawnation.com)
Hurricane preparation tips for pet owners
Pet Owners, if an emergency or bad weather forces you and your pets from your home, will you know what to do and what to bring? If you are forced to evacuate your home because of a hurricane or oth...
Jun 14, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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In this Dec. 15, 2011 file photo, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood speaks in Philadelphia. LaHood is stepping up efforts to fight distracted driving and is pressuring states to ban texting and hand-held cellphone use by drivers. (AP PHOTO/Alex Brandon)
Feds crack down on texting and driving
Transportation head announces plan to encourage states to make ending distracted driving a priority
Jun 13, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dewey Davis is the Principal of Copper Mill Elementary in Zachary. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Summer is here!
Summer is here, and students will be spending even more time with their parents (not that schools don’t want to keep them!) It is simply the season. I recently went on a field trip with my daughter...
Jun 12, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Though ominous-looking, the eastern lubber grasshopper causes little trouble. (PHOTO/Tim Schowalter)
Big, black grasshoppers arrive, but cause little trouble
The big, black eastern lubber grasshopper has started making its appearance in southern Louisiana. But its frightful look should be no cause for alarm, said Tim Schowalter, LSU AgCenter entomologis...
Jun 11, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stacy Gill is Editor of the Zachary Plainsman News.
Tragedies on our highways
Three generations of one family were tragically taken from this world May 30 when a drunk driver swerved into the path of their vehicle and claimed five precious lives - all members of the same fam...
Jun 08, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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TOPS helps plan healthy camping trip for summer season
MILWAUKEE, WI – June is Great Outdoors Month, an opportunity to enjoy and explore nature. What better way to appreciate the outdoors than camping or taking a trip to the cabin? A camping excursion ...
Jun 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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