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Nancy Bergeron, Add One

Old yard: A drainage ditch ran through it

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The house in which I did most of my growing up had a gargantuan yard that my parents hated. There was probably not a level square foot on the entire

'Sweeping changes' ahead for police jury?

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“Voters opt for sweeping changes on Jury.” That was the headline on the March 10, 2004 edition of the Ruston Daily Leader, the day after voters dumped five incumbent Lincoln

Words matter, just ask the mop-up man

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It’s pretty easy to understand how Ruston Mayor Ronny Walker could see himself as the mop-up man who looks to heavens and asks, “why me?’ Even before he settled into

Cybersecurity and Louisiana elections

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Among the potentially most bone-headed moves the Louisiana Legislature made during its 2019 session was draining the state’s already pitifully low voting machine replacement fund. Lawmakers shifted $2 million they

A little piece of heaven amidst hell

My grandmother was not a fan of air conditioning. It ran up the electric bill. Thus, summer at my grandparents’ house was just a few degrees above hell. Mamaw and

Going far seems to make better sense

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It won’t be long until all the men and women who say they’re running for office in this fall’s election have to put up or shut up. Qualifying for the

Her obituary is wrong: She has heirs

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I never liked P.E. classes, especially if they involved competition. Neither my body nor my mind is wired that way. I prefer to lift weights in the gym with only

Road bill: A big fuss over nothing?

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Sometimes the Louisiana Legislature does dumb things. Take the $700 million transportation bill lawmakers approved two days before the end of the recent legislative session. That’s the bill that left

Head 'em up, move 'em out, cowboy

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It’s entirely possible I’ll retire before reaching my career goal: I want to be a cowboy. For as long as I can remember, the minimalist, rugged, selfsufficient lifestyle — at

Boco: The name that turned the tide

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Sometimes closure begins in the jury box. Consider the case of 59-year-old Vincent D. Roberson. He’s the man now convicted of killing a Lincoln Parish Sheriff ’s K-9 officer in