A drive eastbound along U.S. 190 in Tangipahoa Parish leads to a facility that the Pointe Coupee Sheriff’s Office and District Attorney’s Office view as a possible way to ease one of the biggest problems for the tri-parish region.
Two stories on the front of this edition of The Banner deal with people.
As someone who grew up in the 1980s, I loved football, baseball and basketball. But then there was one other sport that rivaled for my attention.
Pointe Coupee Parish Rene Thibodeaux has declared war on one form of crime.
The best and worst of times for Louisiana over the past century have coincided with what has been considered the state’s chief economic catalyst for most of those years.
Volunteer Week includes hospice workers
Finally, after years of ringing, beeping, running off and hiding in the sofa and demanding I text something to somebody, the common cellphone has a reason to exist.
Small-town governments face the same challenges as their large metropolitan neighbors when it comes to managing a budget and keeping an adequate number of employees in a police department.
If you want to get depressed, download a news app on your cellphone.
Two public hearings this week showed why we need local government and what bring a public official requires.
Some consider the term “necessary evil” a bit trite, but discussion of issues over the past few weeks have kept that term at the forefront of one of the biggest issues facing Pointe Coupee Parish government.
The move into Phase 3 COVID-19 mitigation comes as a welcome sign for Pointe Coupee Parish, and the state, as a whole.
This will be the last column with an “impending grandfather” theme.
Changing times often bring uncertainty to residents, particularly those in rural communities.
You help your neighbors. It’s being neighborly.
Dear editor,
Last year, large crowds converged for two Mardi Gras parades in New Roads, and one in Livonia. Who could imagine how much life would change within weeks of these events?
“Nothing says baseball season like frozen roads and basepaths.”
How easy is it to juggle eggs?
During a time when cancellations and distancing have become so common in life, it’s been tough to find something we can define as normal.
Louisiana residents did not have to wait long to find out the effect President Joe Biden’s administration would have on the state.
Have you ever listened to a complaint, a complaint about the state of our nation, some parish service or a pothole in front of a home?
Timing is often the biggest catalyst in the chances for legislation to pass, but the opposite applies to a plan a state lawmaker wants to bring before state lawmakers during the 2021 legislative session.
It’s one thing to say our teachers and our school system need help.
Each year, the second Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, to honor and remember the work and goals of equality espoused by the civil rights leader.
No tears will shed from my eyes when we never hear the word “coronavirus” again – least in a present tense – but I also await when we will hear less of another word.
As The Banner went to press Wednesday, both houses of Congress were in session, although some might ask why.
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow’s death brought us a grim reminder on how COVID-19 can stop even the most vibrant people.
The year-end issue of The Banner usually ranks among the easier editions to compile, but it was a much different scenario this year.
Jokes appear to be bottomless when it comes to saying goodbye to 2020.
We’ve reached Christmas, which means one week of the year many of us would like to forget.
Well, this will be the last Christmas like this.
Life teaches us lessons about how we should be careful what we wish for, and it has hit many Americans hard the week before Christmas.
Awards, in many cases, come down merely to subjectivity. In the case of one recent award announcement, it’s entirely the wrong choice.
When you compete for a championship, in youth basketball, sandlot baseball or a high school title, many people forget one thing.
The ongoing pandemic has changed the mindset on how we judge something as being optimistic or pessimistic, but we’ve also learned this year that it’s not so basic as it sounds.
Graves taking care of red snapper industry
We’ve reached the Thanksgiving holiday, and it may likely bear the description that seems to describe the way it plays out this year.
Be thankful for our health givers
You know, Thanksgiving gets a bum rap.
There once was a cartoon of two men sitting in deck chairs on a sinking cruise liner, water up to their ankles.
It sometimes seems like a perk, but many times life on the road – even with a community newspaper – seems more like the nature of the beast. The work involves many miles on the road long before dawn and long after most people call it a day. As much as I grumble about it, a grueling road trip…
Did you ever have a sailor’s yarn proved, then spend your life hearing the yarn over and over again?
In the course of five days, we have seen how much impact an industry can have on a communtiy, both bad and good.
There’s a tradition that happens after a competition or contest.
Author George Orwell inspired a memorable catchphrase based on his most famous novel, a futuristic story about a year mired in chaos and unrest.
When did grandfatherhood go high tech?
Read any newspaper or web article, or watch any TV broadcast or webcast, and you’ll hear the same proclamation about the vote we make on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Dear editor:
We’re down to the wire on the 2020 presidential election, and this writer has drawn a conclusion from this year’s campaign.
