Summer wrapped up for kids in Ascension Parish on Wednesday with the first day of school.
Lance and Jennifer (Berry) Lofton of Dutchtown announce the birth of their son, Easton Cole Lofton.
LCPL Lambert, Derek, a 2007 St. Amant High graduate, has returned home to Ascension Parish. He joined the USMC his senior year and left home in August of 2007.
St. Theresa/St. John Primary Fair Quilt Raffle presented St. Theresa School and St. John Primary School are raffling a handcrafted LSU quilt at the annual fair scheduled for Oct. 1-3. This year the quilt is in the “Turning Twenty Stained Glass” design and is 75” x 92” in size.
There is a good chance many of our readers have a pair of binoculars or know someone with them. Even a lowly pair of binoculars are a valuable instrument for bringing you closer to the night sky.
Weekly canine Q&A, with advice on getting a new dog after a death and how to deal with a piddler.
Have you seen the e-mail circulating about the danger of outdated cake mixes?
With its principles of healthy, balanced living and an awareness of our body’s connection to the elements, yoga is a natural fit with sustainability. The discipline of yoga is based in a centuries-old Sanskrit tradition that includes principles like “ahimsa,” or “doing no harm.”
Martha Stewart, take note. Deryl and Margaret Schertz have been growing and canning their own vegetables for 63 years. They "put up" (that's canning-speak) more than 400 jars - pints and quarts - every year.
Career counselors everywhere are fielding this question: Should I go to graduate school to wait out the economy and re-enter the job market with stronger credentials?
Reading “Ice Cold,” Tess Gerritsen’s newest suspense thriller, in the summer heat seems like it would be a good foil to the ubiquitous whine of the air conditioner. In Gerritsen’s latest Rizzoli & Isles novel, there’s so much snow in Wyoming ski country that it’s tough to find out where the bodies are buried.
Weekly family rail, with tips for a creative kids room, a review of “Takers” and more.
Travel: Since our group’s arrival in South Africa, Arthur had to remind us that it was winter time, even though we were experiencing beautiful sunny, springlike weather instead.
Kevin Shannon, 68, said he believes the art of writing and a chance friendship banished the demons of his post-traumatic stress disorder – a condition not diagnosed until 2005.
Arnold Feliciano remembers fondly his days as a strolling troubadour, walking through restaurants singing love songs to couples over food. Now he is skipping the middle man: Feliciano starts his mornings by singing to a pumpkin. And the pumpkin clearly loves it: It is 3 feet tall and growing every day.
Graffiti artist is starting over after a stint in jail, and now he has message for young people.
She wrote the ultimate tale of blind obedience to tradition - “The Lottery” – that still retains its primitive, chilling power, even as the horror genre nowadays is overrun with pinup boy werewolves and fidgety vampires who sparkle.
School buses will soon bustle down the streets. Students will be armed with lists of items their teacher want them to purchase for the school year, followed by the frantic dash to various stores to find the paper, pencils and notebooks.
Weekly canine Q&A, with advice on neglected dogs and new dogs.
You’ve built your life. Now make the most of your time, money and health.
Want to repair or create something? This is the place to start.
Advice on living eco-consciously — and budget-consciously.
