A Louisiana Life: Basin Keeper
The year was 1984, and a young Dean Wilson had just arrived in Louisiana. His ultimate goal was to move to the Amazon, but Wilson — who grew up in the mountains of Spain — knew he would need help…
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The year was 1984, and a young Dean Wilson had just arrived in Louisiana. His ultimate goal was to move to the Amazon, but Wilson — who grew up in the mountains of Spain — knew he would need help…
Today, Lisa McDaniel owns a successful construction company and home design service, but it all started at a charity run. The Baton Rouge native was working in Memphis as an accountant, when she met her now husband, Beau McDaniel, at…
Though he’s now a professional musician and award-winning middle school band teacher, Mickey Smith, Jr. played so poorly as a child his mother asked him to practice outside. His grandmother bought him his first sax, though no one in…
“I’m excited to experience New Orleans and all it has to offer: Its history, its landscape, and of course, the great food.” Camellia Moses Okpodu, Ph.D., the new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for Xavier University of…
Omari Ho-Sang is working to abolish crime and poverty in Shreveport and beyond
Steve and Cezanne Nails’ Dockside Studio in Maurice is a creative haven for recording artists
Biology teacher Lacey Hoosier of Buckeye High School in Deville brings a love of wildlife to the classroom
Rhonda Lee of St. James Parish stokes the flames during annual holiday celebration
Director of Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana follows her calling to save the state’s coast and wetlands
Marksville native works to keep Tunica-Biloxi tribe’s language and traditions alive
New Orleans nonprofit incubator offers opportunities to underrepresented entrepreneurs
Baton Rouge military-veteran-turned-doctor dedicates herself to saving people’s soles
Oyster shucker Becky Wasden cuts her own path in New Orleans
Ruston designer creates stylish camera, baby and travel bags
In Monroe, visitors can check out the former home of the man who invented the Coke bottle.
Trey Litel of Bayou Rum makes a strong spirit and a stronger business.
Comedian Chris Trew of New Orleans
New Orleans singer Linnzi Zaorski’s “accidental” career
The Kentwood Museum is full of the pop star’s trinkets and treasures.
A New Orleans costume entrepreneur helps movie stars and Carnival royalty get suited up.
A Baton Rouge native’s love of food and cooking has landed him a popular blog, radio show and stints on the Food Network channel.
A globetrotting food activist calls New Orleans home.
Annette Aucoin of Broussard is inspired by Louisiana’s natural beauty.
Attractions in Gibsland
4 legendary places
University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s composer in residence
“Dukes of Hazzard” star brings showbiz to Holden.
Former nurse becomes hospital CEO in Covington
A New Orleans artist makes fashionable accessories out of an invasive species.
Fundraising in Alexandria.
The world’s largest Ronald Reagan statue watches over Tammany Trace.
Louisiana’s craft beer industry bubbles to life
A Covington native looks for laughs.
Most drivers on I-10 have little reason to exit the interstate in Henderson, the tiny outpost of just 1,500 residents at the edge of the long stretch of elevated roadway that slices through the cypress bayous of the Atchafalaya Basin.…
Executive director, Alexandria Museum of Art
The Baton Rouge designer has found success after "Project Runway."
Brothers Kevin and Stephen Mixon have been off of work for an hour, but their mobile phones buzz with text messages every few minutes. The two men are nurse practitioners, but the messages aren’t about medicine; they’re about bees. For…
First the victim of political backlash and later, a hurricane, the New Orleans Lakefront Airport is being restored to its original glory. reyfouth and Sierth (which also designed the State Capitol and Charity Hospital) created such a masterpiece that it…
The NFL tight end feels at home in Southeast Louisiana.
Putting the Mustard in Lucky Dogs
At 24 years old, Michael Teifer ran away and joined the circus.
Shreveport maestro keeps the music coming.
Thibodaux native earns TV roles.
Memories from the Battlefield
Trucking in overdrive
Secrets of a code-breaker
Canoeing on Bayou Teche
An ideal spot for hunters, fishermen – and whooping cranes
Northwestern State University professor is Louisiana’s new poet laureate
He keeps on running