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OLPS Set to Host 75th Annual Tomato Festival

From Friday, April 17, through Sunday, April 19, the Our Lady of Prompt Succor (OLPS) Tomato Festival will be returning to Chalmette for another year of live music, carnival rides, local vendors, and general celebration of the St. Bernard Parish community and its history.
THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

THE FORGOTTEN KITCHEN

I have written before about the fact that I am half Sicilian. And I know that in south Louisiana there are many people who share this heritage to some degree. The food of south Louisiana has come to reflect the influence of all of the Sicilians cooking and eating here over the years.
PEACE & JUSTICE

PEACE & JUSTICE

PEACE & JUSTICE

It’s been fifty years ago that a major event happened in Louisiana political history. Jim Leslie was gunned down in the parking lot of the Prince Murat Hotel in Baton Rouge.I was just beginning my second term as a State Senator where I represented six parishes in northeast Louisiana.