COVID-19

Montegut: COVID-19 numbers improving dramatically

Since my last update in the newspaper on May 4, there has been a dramatic decrease in COVID-19…

Lifestyle

Michel: Keep all your little ducks in a row

Months before I ever heard of COVID-19 or social distancing, my daughter Victoria and her fiancé Timothy Boesen…

Faith & Values

Keller: The keys to a successful &balanced life

Many years ago, while attending a 12-step peer support group to help me with my drinking problem, I…

Lifestyle

Myers: Take the hassle out of watering container gardens

Growing flowers and vegetables in containers will allow you to expand planting space, grow plants right outside your…

Columns

Weekly Facebook poll engages locals

L’OBSERVATEUR began posting a weekly reader poll on its Facebook page to engage readers in issues important to…

Health

Guidry: ‘Hey, are you short of breath, or do you think it’s my anxiety?’

Dear World, The month of March started out promising. I had a birthday coming up, and it was…

Health

Doctors, not insurers, should prescribe medications and treatment

As a kidney transplant surgeon and board member of the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana, I work to…

Health

Pratt: The what, how, who, when and why of antibody testing

COVID-19 was introduced to the world as the new or “Novel Coronavirus.” So there is much to learn…

Opinion

Robichaux: Moving to a digital world

I knew it would happen eventually. COVID-19 just sped up the process. Late last month, L’OBSERVATEUR moved to…

Health

Michel: Where did you grow up?

Where did you grow up? Not the city where you were raised, but where did you grow up?…