After a two-year hiatus, the annual Strawberry Festival is returning to Ponchatoula.  The 50th annual Strawberry Festival will be held on April 8-10 and is free upon entry.  Donald Lanier, a festival...

Louisiana is not known for being cold. At least, it was not until a few weeks ago.  During Mardi Gras break, Louisiana residents, along with our other southern neighbors, experienced record low temperatures,...

Louisiana-born Madam C.J. Walker made way as the first African American woman to become a self-made millionaire in the heart of a time when it did not seem possible.  Born on Dec. 23, 1867 from previously...

1996 was an important year for former university student Allen Savant. It was the year he dropped out and moved to Idaho. Savant lived in the now-demolished Holloway-Smith dorms on campus from 1994 to...

During an interview with Brian Haldane this morning on 107.3 talk radio, Governor John Bel Edwards announced his intentions to extend the Phase Two order for the fourth time. While Edwards did not announce...

With the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the university took precautionary measures to transition face-to-face classes to online classes. Following President John L. Crain’s mass email regarding the...

As a kid, I liked Mardi Gras because it meant three things: no school, king cake and a lot of parades. Parades bring back a lot of memories for me. I remember sitting on my uncle’s shoulders at the...