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By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Louisiana Baptists can celebrate multiple victories on key moral issues and social concerns resulting from measures that were passed or defeated during the 2025 Legislative Regular …
Highlights Paul Prudhomme's 1980s "blackened" technique made people think all Cajun food is fiery hot, but blackening isn't traditional Louisiana cooking Beignets came from 16th-century France via French colonists, not Louisiana - they …
Resilience runs deep in Louisiana’s classrooms. The state is making waves nationally — and from my office in Geneva, Switzerland, internationally — for the impressive strides in education it has made the last five years. Louisiana now ranks first in the …
Not since 1987 had Louisiana allowed the legal hunting of black bear, but in December of 2024, the state issued a total of 11 permits for hunters to take bears in a controlled attempt for minor population reduction. Calling the initial year a success would …
What is Julia Letlow’s next move? That’s the burning question now in Louisiana politics. Within the next 60 or so days, the U.S. representative has to choose among three tantalizing options: Does she run for reelection, challenge U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy or …
Just the scent of a neighborhood crawfish boil is enough to evoke thoughts of springtime for many Louisiana residents. For visitors, eating boiled crawfish is one of the quintessential Louisiana experiences. That's why when Mallory Barron's …
(KMDL-FM) In a little over two weeks, to quote the late great bluesman Charles Brown, "bells will be ringing". Of course, bluesman Brown was singing of Christmas bells in his iconic holiday classic, Please Come Home For Christmas. The bells we …
Washington Parish, Louisiana (KPEL-FM) - When it comes to Summertime in Louisiana, we start spending time at Louisiana's fantastic lakes and beaches. What if I told you there's been a secret, private Louisiana lake is so crystal clear it's hard …
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