A one-pot take that does 'pasta fazool' one better
I was served a version of this dish at a neighborhood restaurant in Milan last fall and was completely smitten with it. It provided the comforting, belly-warming satisfaction a chilly night calls for,...
View Article10 beautiful home items you won't believe are from Costco
Think of Costco and the first things that come to your mind include free samples and supersize everything. Home décor is probably far from your train of thought. However, we realized that the discount...
View ArticleRotary Club of East Ascension hosts Ascension Parish First Responders...
The Rotary Club of East Ascension hosted an Ascension Parish First Responders Appreciation Day on Sunday, October 30th at Parc 73. This event was designed to show gratitude to law enforcement and...
View ArticleGonzales native appears on LPB program
Community leaders Frankie Robertson of Baton Rouge and Alsie Dunbar of Gonzales participated in the October taping of Louisiana Public Square where the topic was about the upcoming election. Robertson...
View ArticleLSMSA Online Academy supported through grant
A grant from the Virginia Martin Howard Foundation will offer tuition assistance to students participating in the Online Academy offered through the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts....
View ArticlePecan Grove Primary School's Young Women of Character, (YWOC) and Young Men...
Pecan Grove Primary school's, Young Women of Character (YWOC), and Young Men of Character (YMOC), held its monthly meeting session on Tuesday, Oct.18 in Gonzales. Guest speakers in attendance were...
View ArticleThe Mom Stop: Children give hope for future
My in-laws, who are die-hard Georgia Southern fans, have a policy when it comes to football losses: You don't talk about them.You ignore the TV coverage, you don't read the news. You stick your head in...
View ArticleShayne Looper: Confessing Jesus is a revolutionary thing to do
A paradigm is a mental model about how things are or how they work. Until recently (in historical terms), almost all humans held a mental model in which the Earth was the center of the cosmos and...
View ArticleHome remedies: treating a burn
Burns can be minor medical problems or life-threatening emergencies. Many people die each year from fire-related burn injuries. Electricity and chemicals also cause severe burns. Scalding liquids are...
View ArticleDr. Elaine Heffner: Exposure fallout
Starting school can be an unsettling experience. We usually think about that as it relates to our children. Parents are often concerned about children separating from them, and about whether their...
View Article13 unexpected costs of having a kid
First-time parents face a mountain of expenses, from top-of-the-line nursery furniture to dozens of teensy polka-dotted socks.But filling a nursery isn't the only thing making demands on a new parent's...
View ArticleHerby biscuits with a pedigree I can relate to
I am admittedly not much of a baker, so even the idea of making biscuits for Thanksgiving was a little daunting. As a kid, I slathered soft butter on steaming buttermilk biscuits or chunks of corn...
View ArticleHere's the salary you have to earn to buy a home in 19 major US cities
How much does it take to buy a home?Mortgage site HSH.com has updated its estimate of how much annual income a household would need to buy a home in major metropolitan areas in the US, according to...
View ArticleLouisiana ranked No. 2 nationally for worker safety in 2015
Rate of injury, illness best level in more than 14 years
View ArticleWatch citrus trees for signs of disease
Citrus canker, a highly contagious bacterial plant disease, has reappeared in Louisiana. The disease, which had not been seen in the state since 1940, was detected in Orleans Parish in the summer of...
View ArticleAscension Parish Council recognizes Eagle Scouts
Ascension Parish President Kenny Matassa took the opportunity at the Oct. 20 Council meeting to recognize Parish youth who had achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
View ArticleGoMS cheerleaders perform for Arc of EA
On Friday, Oct. 14, the Gonzales Middle School Mighty Bulldog Cheerleaders provided the halftime entertainment at the COEA--The Arc of East Ascension Game-Day themed Pep Rally. The purpose of the...
View ArticleLost In Suburbia: Thanks for Thanksgiving
On Thanksgiving, it's customary to remember all the things that you're thankful for. Of course, everyone always gives thanks for the big things ... family, food, your home ... but no one ever thinks...
View ArticleBreaking Bread: Wishbone snapping rooted in ancient Italy
Thanksgiving gives us many culinary "fun facts" to chew on, including one of my favorites: The legend of the wishbone.The forked-shaped bone — which joins a turkey's two clavicles — is officially named...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: Dusting of black mold on onion? Wash it off
Q: What is the black substance that appears on the outside of onions? It looks like mold but also seems a little like dirt or soot.— R.H., Westerville, OhioA: That black, sooty-looking substance on the...
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