STATEWIDE CARNIVAL CALENDAR

Photo: Terri FenselALEXANDRIA (318) 442-9546Jan. 5 Epiphany, St. Rita School, England Airpark. 5:30 p.m.Jan. 5 AMGA Carnivale de Mardi Gras Party, Community Center, England Airpark. 7:30 p.m.Feb. 14 LSUA Mardi Gras Parade, LSUA Campus. Noon.Feb. 16 Taste of Mardi Gras, Riverfront Center. 6 p.m.Feb....

25 HOTTEST RESIDENTIAL AREAS 1981-2006

Darryl Dyess remembers well what Denham Springs was like back in 1982. He’d just gotten married and bought his first house there.“It was just a little old hick town,” recalls the Livingston parish realtor. “People didn’t want to come here because it was just country living. There wasn’t even a...

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12 ways that Louisiana dining has changed

Louisiana's Top Doctors

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Louisiana Living and Cardiovascular Disease

April 20, 1992, ended as any other typical day for attorney Barry Viosca. The self-described obsessive-compulsive workaholic went to bed late that night after a heavy dinner with a whole lot of stress on his mind. As usual, he was preoccupied with what he had scheduled for the morning, which...

Boudin by the Bite

One of the defining features ofsouth Louisiana’s distinct Cajun culture is the food. Of course there’s the language, the music, the geography and the shared traditions and heritage, but it’s the food that stands second to none. While the region serves numerous delightfully decadent culinary...

Flight Into the Past

Restoring an airport’s art deco glory

Hold that Water

Levees and spillways have long been part of the Louisiana landscape, but Katrina and Rita put them on the map

Levees in Louisiana, besides keeping us dry, provide some welcome elevation for low-lying areas and have added cultural benefits. As teenagers in the ’50s knew, you could...

“What we signed up for.”

The Untold Story of the Louisiana National Guard, Katrina, Questions of Command, the Law and the Battle to Save Lives

In any ordinary early Friday evening, 19-year-old Anthony Harrison would be helping out during the weekend rush at Fanta’s Seafood in Tioga, in the piney central Louisiana...