Capital City News

— Everybody who visits the Red Stick Farmers Market knows Francis Chauvin.  She’s the friendly lady from Hammond who bakes the best pies.  She’s also bright-eyed and eager to tell the latest news from Hammond, Ponchatoula, and the Florida Parishes. But not many who visit the farmers’ market know that Francis Chauvin is much more […]

In the legal system today, getting justice is slow, difficult, and expensive.  That is one of the lessons Danny Hoover and Dr. Bob Welch have learned during a lonely, seven-year struggle to have the Metro Council live by the laws it has written.  When the Hoovers and Welches found themselves enclosed by Tommy Spinosa’s Rouzan […]

Growing up in South Louisiana comes with certain expectations when you travel to other parts of the world. We strive to treat our guests with “Southern hospitality,” making sure they eat good food, experience the local culture, and have a good time doing it. Having been to 15 different countries all over the world, I […]

What are the odds? A small town newspaper takes on a $6 billion international corporation over access to public records. The small town newspaper wins! A black city councilman is sued by the Louisiana Board of Ethics for allegedly making false statements on his qualifying form.  The Board asked that he be disqualified from running […]

The effort last week to target Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington and have him removed from the April 5 election ballot is something many in Central are still contemplating. Why was he targeted for supposedly failing to pay a questionable $100 fine from the Board of Ethics for late filing of a campaign finance report […]

Author Miriam Roza Bensman survived persecution, destruction, and death under the Nazis and again under the Russian Communists.  But her greatest fear is that she sees it happening all over again in the United States. Bensman told her story to the East Baton Rouge Republican Women’s Club at Drusilla Seafood last Thursday.  Now a resident […]

“The Incredible Power of a Teacher” is enough to change lives and change the world, according to former high school teacher and motivational speaker Larry Bell. Teachers can do that through creating high expectations.  “It doesn’t matter what race you are or what status you have.  All of God’s children can teach all of God’s […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: Dr. Charles Coates coached LSU’s first football team in 1893.  In 1937, he wrote this article on how LSU got its school colors of purple and gold and how LSU became known as the Tiger.  Dr. Coates served LSU for 46 years and retired as Dean of the College of Pure and Applied […]

Cadet Mary Palasi was presented the General Ira C. Eaker Award by Louisiana Wing Commander  Col. Art Scarbrough at the recent meeting of the Capitol City Squadron. Following the award presentation, squadron members held a reception in her honor.  The Wing Commander said “Her service, dedication, and devotion to her duties were far above the […]

Ulysse Joubert tells his students they only have 15 seconds to make an impression ­— for good or bad — on someone they meet. And that is all the time it takes to size up Ulysse Joubert.  His thick Cajun accent, infectious laughter, expressive face, and imposing demeanor tell you this is a truly extraordinary […]