5+ hour, 52+ min ago   (1418+ words) Floyd Soileau stands in front of his shop, Floyd's Record Shop, home to his Flat Town Music Co., on Chataignier Street in Ville Platte. Soileau opened his original shop in 1956 and began producing Louisiana artists' music in 1957. "Ask him," Todd…...

4+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1179+ words) U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields speaks to a townhall crowd at Shreveport's Galilee Baptist Church's gymnasium on Monday, May 4, 2026. WASHINGTON — Baton Rouge’s Democratic Congressman, Cleo Fields, is somewhat sanguine entering the final furlongs of the November 3 congressional midterm races. He knows he…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (328+ words) The festive opening of a cannabis dispensary in the French Quarter this week is a dreadful sign of societal decay, of refusal to acknowledge scientific fact – and of bad state lawmaking. And the celebratory scene described in this newspaper’s coverage…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (261+ words) Work continues on the Meta Richland Parish Data Center near Rayville, La., Monday, Aug. 3, 2026. AI is sweeping the country. Our leaders have welcomed the industry and new data centers to support it at two north Louisiana sites. There is now…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (193+ words) Farmer Frank Fekete walks down a field of cauliflower crops after picking a pair in Albany on November 15, 2024. Steve Roberts’ column (“Why farmers are fuming,” Sept. 5) cites three big reasons for farmers’ disillusionment with the Trump administration: tariff policies that…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (541+ words) The New Orleans City Hall building Dozens of New Orleans city employees on Wednesday fervently opposed moves by Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration to limit annual leave benefits, which they said would violate the basic agreement of public service: lower pay…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (259+ words) Quin Hillyer has produced an argument so transparent that one wonders why he bothered to drape it in Madisonian costume (“Louisiana Democrats are wrong to oppose amendment to limit governors’ terms,” Sept. 6.) Hillyer fears John Bel Edwards may return, run…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (639+ words) Most days, I create a question of the day that I pose to family and friends in person and on social media. On Friday, my question was: What’s the kindest thing a stranger has ever done for you? Within a…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (130+ words) NOLA.com Regarding Will Sutton's column of Aug. 27, “Some in Louisiana say political violence can be justified, and that’s scary”: I too was appalled at the percentage of people who thought political violence was justified. I was with Sutton about…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (693+ words) In the half-century that S. Carver Davenport has led the Dillard University Concert Choir, he has taught thousands of students, traveled across the South, visited countless colleges, churches and grand auditoriums and performed for two sitting presidents. Still, his favorite spot…...