Business

Scott: Membership at its best

Wow! How time flies! Your Chamber has celebrated 15 years of service in the River Parishes! We celebrated…

Health

St. James Hospital staff recognized as heroes

St. James Parish Hospital Team Members Jalene Zimmer, Registered Nurse, and Sarah Chiasson Lydell, M.S. CCC-Speech-Language Pathologist, were recently…

Opinion

Letter to the Editor: LNG infrastructure projects promise significant jobs, investment

In the recent Advocate article “Louisiana petrochemical contractors look for ‘the next wave’ of construction boom,” our state’s construction and trade…

Opinion

Michel: Music surrounds us and brings joy to life

Music surrounds me. Almost every one of my granddaughters’ toys sings, talks, or plays a melody. Emma Kate’s…

Opinion

Keller: Liquor can lick away livelihood

Over 20 years ago, I used the following, written by the Rev. Walter E. Esenhour of Taylorsville, North…

Opinion

Keller: Maybe I’ll ask for an extension?

This week, I’ll celebrate my 85th birthday.  A few years ago, my wife asked me how long I…

Columns

Roussel: SJPH names two ‘Hospital Employees of the Quarter’

St. James Parish Hospital is proud to announce its Employees of the Second Quarter: Chad Madere, FNP-C, and…

Lifestyle

Kennedy: Interfaith Prayers For Peace being held this Saturday

Each year, the International Day of Peace, also known as World Peace Day, is observed around the world…

Opinion

Boquet: ‘Be our guest, Officer-student lunch builds community bonds

Be our guest. That’s the message the St. John the Baptist Parish Public School District wants to get…

Columns

Tregre: Tragedies are hard to digest

I can remember exactly where I was standing when I first saw the 9/11 attacks on our country.…