Don Cunningham, of Baton Rouge, reminds us of the days when Sunday beer sales were outlawed in the capital city:
Barbara Chifici, the owner of Deanie's Seafood restaurants in Bucktown, the French Quarter and on Magazine St., died Saturday at Ochsner Medical Center Kenner. She was 77.
A couple of months ago, before Thanksgiving, I had the joy of taking my two youngest kids, ages 8 and 4, to the Louisiana Children’s Museum in New Orleans.
The Italian Renaissance style home at 16015 Highland Bluff Court is an elegant and private residence with a clay tile roof, imported chandeliers, a hand-carved travertine fireplace, marble floors and solid marble columns. It’s an impressive master…
The LSU School of Art's Glassell Gallery in the Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St., is showing its 19th annual "Summer Invitational Art Exhibition: Winter Edition" through Feb. 12. In this year's Zora Neale Hurston-inspired theme, "Years …
Tickets are on sale for Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre's "A Virtual Cinderella" to stream online from Feb. 12 to Feb. 21.
Chabad of Baton Rouge, the local affiliate of the Jewish Learning Institute, will offer "Journey of the Soul: How to Look at Life, Death and the Rest — in Peace," a new six-session course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute that will explore the…
President Joe Biden joins John Kennedy as the only U.S. presidents to be Roman Catholic.
Writer Jan Morris, who died recently at 94, is best known for the many travel books she wrote about destinations as varied as New York and London, Venice and Oxford, Hong Kong and Sydney.
Dear Smiley: Many years ago, the pastor of the Baptist church down the street welcomed us to the neighborhood and invited us to visit his church, even after we said we were Catholic.
Co-workers, public officials and the community remembered Donna Britt during WAFB's 60-minute tribute to the longtime news anchor on Thursday evening.
It wasn’t just that COVID-19 was killing people. It was the loneliness of their deaths in quarantine that disturbed the Rev. Nathan Ryan, pastor at the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge.
Wendy Williams is a woman no one really knows.
The bright purple dress and suit jacket that Kamala Harris wore at her inauguration as vice president this week was rooted in the women's suffrage movement from a century ago, in a local Baptist church and in designer Christopher John Rogers II's …
After a reader who loves holiday fruitcakes mentioned the sport of fruitcake tossing (in a disparaging manner, of course), I had to admit this activity was new to me.
After 45 years of telling TV viewers what tomorrow's weather will bring, WBRZ, Channel 2's chief forecaster Pat Shingleton is retiring.
Longtime Baton Rouge anchorwoman Donna Britt died Thursday morning at the age of 62 after a long battle with ALS.
A request to allow alcohol sales in the Millennial Park shipping container food court development has been deferred for a month to allow the owner to consider his options.
Here's a story that broke up the gang in the operating room:
LSU football coach Ed Orgeron be depicted on an NBC-TV show that premieres next month.
I’ve heard small changes can make a big difference. I need a healthier routine; and small changes are about all I can handle these days.
Shrimp Étouffée
VP Kamala Harris' Inauguration Day outfit was designed by Baton Rouge native Christopher John Rogers
Baton Rouge native Christopher John Rogers designed part of Kamala Harris' outfit for Wednesday inauguration.
The chill in the air has us craving a big bowl of soup.
The East Baton Rouge Metro Council is set to hear a rezoning request Wednesday from the owners of Millennial Park, who want to sell alcohol at the Florida Boulevard development.
Baton Rouge-based Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux plans to open 25 restaurants this year, roll out a new menu and introduce a new on-campus concept that it hopes will allow for more development opportunities.
"Stories of drivers slow to move on green lights reminded me of a problem years ago," says Mary Vernoy, of Metairie.
A Hammond native will be part of the 2021 Inaugural Gospel Celebration in the nation's capital on Wednesday.
A three-acre site along Airline Highway in Prairieville has been sold for $1.2 million to an investor who might build a seafood restaurant and retail on the property.
The pandemic has canceled Mardi Gras parades and balls, but it hasn't curbed the craving for king cake.
Maybe you've already had your fill of king cake, or maybe you're just looking for different Mardi Gras-themed goodies. Local retailers are ready to fill your sweet-treat dreams.
Eating options continue to expand in the greater Baton Rouge area, with more restaurants setting up shop.
Southern Craft Brewing Co., Baton Rouge’s second microbrewery, announced Monday it is closing after almost 5 years in business.
Here's an example of throwing yourself on the mercy of the court:
Missing those live concerts?
Born in 1937, Russell Daigle spoke only French until he went to first grade. At school, he got in trouble if talked in the only language he heard at home.
Now that the majority of our deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, you may notice gray growths on the trunks of some trees and shrubs in your landscape.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with feelings of stress, fear or anxiety about the uncertainty of COVID-19?
Alzheimer’s disease is a truly life-changing illness, not only for the person diagnosed but for their entire family as well.
Missing those live concerts?
Born in 1937, Russell Daigle spoke only French until he went to first grade. At school, he got in trouble if talked in the only language he heard at home.
Now that the majority of our deciduous plants have dropped their leaves, you may notice gray growths on the trunks of some trees and shrubs in your landscape.
Are you feeling overwhelmed with feelings of stress, fear or anxiety about the uncertainty of COVID-19?
Alzheimer’s disease is a truly life-changing illness, not only for the person diagnosed but for their entire family as well.
T-Bob Taylor, of Panama City Beach, Florida, tells this story:
LOS ANGELES (AP) — True to form, Betty White has something impish to say about her birthday Sunday.
$500,000 federal grant aims to reduce plastic at Louisiana festivals, parades
Tickets are on sale for the first performance in the Arts Council of Pointe Coupee's 2021 Performing Arts Series featuring pianist Michael McDowell at 7 p.m. Jan. 23 in the Julien Poydras Museum and Arts Center, 500 W. Main St., New Roads. Attenda…
This pandemic quarantine is really hard on all of us extroverts.
At the start of the Christmas season, the Phi Mu Alumnae Chapter and the LSU Alpha Eta Chapter collected toys that were donated to the Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital.
Dinner cast-asides are packed in bags, cages as bulwark against waves, storms, rising seas