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Top 50 Locally Owned Businesses
Abell & Son, Inc. Abell & Son has been serving the Lake Area since 1916. This 105-year-old family-owned business is currently on their fifth generation of ownership. Specializing in the agricultural industry, the company
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Is There A Monkey Named Chester?
Staff at the El Paso Zoo in Texas are preparing to press charges against a woman who jumped into a spider monkey exhibit and fed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to the animals. Zookeepers found out
Read More »Garden Gnome Shortage
England is experiencing a shortage of garden gnomes. Factors contributing to this deficit include a shortage of raw materials, the recent blockage of the Suez Canal by a container ship and the increased popularity
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Tenacious Mudbugs
‘We Ain’t Going Nowhere’ By Madelaine B. Landry The next time you dive into a pile of boiled, spicy crawfish, pause a moment to offer thanks to Percy Viosca, “a greatly underappreciated Louisiana naturalist
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Miss Leona’s 96th Birthday
Harry Methvin, a teacher, was “out junking,” when he spied an old one-room schoolhouse. Lady who lived next door, Miss Leona, had once been a student there. They’ve been friends ever since. “I
Read More »Gorilla Scarecrow Versus COVID-19
Residents of Chikuzen Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, in Japan, have constructed a 23-foot-tall “gorilla scarecrow” as a symbol of the power and strength that are needed to scare away COVID-19. Construction of the gorilla
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Red Cardinal Desserts & Café
109 S. Adams St • Welsh LA I’ve said it a million times: I love Welsh. It’s one of the last remaining towns that has managed to hold onto its historic appeal. While most
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Nguyen’s First Novel Published By Knopf
McNeese MFA graduate Eric Nguyen has just seen his first novel, Things We Lost to the Water, released by the preeminent literary publisher Knopf. The book tells of a mother, Huong, and her two
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The New Economics Of The Left
If you want to understand the economic policies of the Biden administration, do not dig up your macroeconomics textbook from your college days because the monetary and fiscal policies of the current administration are
Read More »I Can’t Reach The Parking Meter
Watertown, Mass., recently installed new parking meters with updated technology that make payment easier. But the city is fielding complaints from residents who say the meters are too tall to use. “I’m 5
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