To hear Kevin Hicks tell it, as soon as he and his business partners open an extendedstay hotel, three eateries, and a dry cleaner in Grambling, the city’s economic development woes will be over — or at least considerably lessened.
In recent years I’ve had several conversations with friends and colleagues about the state of higher education. Right now, high school seniors are about to graduate and make one of the most important decisions in their lives.
Funny how life can come full circle on you when you least expect it. I’d even say that at times it comes at you like a 250-pound linebacker running full speed.
One of the hot issues in the current session of the Louisiana Legislature, meeting at the state capitol in Baton Rouge, is the repeal of a law that currently mandates the wearing of a safety helmet when riding a motorcycle.
OK, I admit it. The first thing I did when the big boom happened a couple of weeks ago was dash out my front door to see what had dropped out of the sky into the yard.